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Index
Cover-Page
Half-Title
Series
Title
Dedication
Contents
Prologue
Chapter 1: Meet the Shell-makers
How it all began
Which came first, the mollusc or the shell?
All the better to rasp/chew/stab/harpoon you with
Best foot forward
A thousand and one uses for a shell
Chapter 2: How to Build a Shell
The imaginary museum of all possible shells
Why shape matters
When nature is allowed to play
Decoding the mollusc diaries
Chapter 3: Sex, Death and Gems
The oldest gems
Signs of inequality
Turning cowries into currency
Chapter 4: Shell Food
The whole shucking truth
Who ate all the clams?
Guardians of the oyster forest
Chapter 5: A Mollusc Called Home
Adventures of an oyster
Chapter 6: Spinning Shell Stories
From myths to reality
Chapter 7: Flight of the Argonauts
Chronoscopes and thunderstones
You say ammonite, I say ammonoid
The lady and the argonauts
Chapter 8: Hunting for Treasures
Into the Coral Triangle
A nautilus interlude
Of gentlemen and disappointment
Chapter 9: Bright Ideas
Unlocking the cone snails’ secrets
Sticking, gluing and digging
Shiny on the inside
Chapter 10: The Sea Butterfly Effect
The problem of pH
How to probe an ecosystem
Why time matters
Epilogue
A Note on Shell-collecting
Glossary: A Word in your Shell-like
Select Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index
Plates
Copyright
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