Contents

Prologue

Chapter 1: Meet the Shell-makers

Chapter 2: How to Build a Shell

Chapter 3: Sex, Death and Gems

Chapter 4: Shell Food

Chapter 5: A Mollusc Called Home

Chapter 6: Spinning Shell Stories

Chapter 7: Flight of the Argonauts

Chapter 8: Hunting for Treasures

Chapter 9: Bright Ideas

Chapter 10: The Sea Butterfly Effect

Epilogue

A Note on Shell-collecting

Glossary: A Word in your Shell-like

Select Bibliography

Acknowledgements

Index