Does anyone know a good site about shells and the animals living in them.preferablyhas the taxonomic heirarchy

i need to do a school project on shells. i need a site that has info on the shells, things aobut rhe animal living in them and the taxonomicy heirarchy

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Does anyone know a good site about shells and the animals living in them.preferablyhas the taxonomic heirarchy
What you are most likely looking for is information on molluscs, shells or seashells is a term that is used collectively to refer to the calcified "houses" of some molluscs but is not really a distinct taxonomic classification as these houses can be found in different classes of the Phylum. "Shells" are primarily found in the classes Bivalvia and Gastropoda although some cephalapods like the Nautilus have an outside shell as well.

Have a look at this page:

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/si...

It gives the taxonomy and information on individual families/species

This site gives links to some useful pages:

http://www.tolweb.org/Mollusca

Also have a look here:

http://www-biol.paisley.ac.uk/Courses/Ta...

Info on Gastropods:

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/si...

Info on Bivalves:

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/si...

Also quite interesting page on why some molluscs do not have shells:

http://www.andrewgray.com/essays/mollusc...



You could also try to get hold of a simple guide to the seashore, they often contain useful information as well, something like this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Seashore-Collins...
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What Is A Shell?

http://www.conchologistsofamerica.org/th...



A Natural History of Terrestrial Snails

http://animals.about.com/od/mollusks/ig/...



What Is a Horseshoe Crab?

http://www.ocean.udel.edu/horseshoecrab/...