The Malacofauna of Hong Kong and southern China, III : proceedings of the Third International Workshop on the Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China, Hong Kong, 13 April-1 May 1992 /

The Malacofauna of Hong Kong and southern China, III : proceedings of the Third International Workshop on the Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China, Hong Kong, 13 April-1 May 1992 / edited by Brian Morton. - Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©1994. - 1 online resource (xxii, 504 pages) : illustrations, maps, color portraits

Includes bibliographical references.

The Polyplacophora of Cape d'Aguilar, Hong Kong / R.C. Bullock and K.D. Harper -- Bivalve molluscs from the southeastern waters of Hong Kong / Paul H. Scott -- A revision of the crassispirine gastropods from Hong Kong (Gastropoda: Turridae) / John D. Taylor and Fred E. Wells -- Sublittoral Notaspidea and Nudibranchia (Opisthobranchia) from southern Hong Kong, with a description of a new species / Kathe R. Jensen -- Shallow-water octopuses (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from Hong Kong's territorial waters / M.D. Norman and F.G. Hochberg -- Anatomy of Scutus sinensis (Blainville) (Gastropoda: Fissurellidae) from Hong Kong / Kathe R. Jensen -- Foregut anatomy of the larger species of Turrinae, Clavatulinae and Crassispirinae (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from Hong Kong / John D. Taylor -- The anatomy and relationships of Finella and Scaliola (Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea: Scaliolidae) / W.F. Ponder -- The anatomy and relationships of three species of vitrinelliform gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea) from Hong Kong / W.F. Ponder -- Further observations on the egg capsules and reproduction of some marine prosobranch molluscs from Hong Kong / J. Knudsen -- Prey preference and method of attack by Rapana bezoar (Gastropoda: Muricidae) from Hong Kong / Brian Morton -- Feeding behaviour and activity of the scavenging gastropod Nassarius festivus (Powys) / S.G. Cheung -- Molluscivory by the asteroid Coscinasterias acutispina (Stimpson) / Elizabeth Harper -- Food choice, detection, time spent feeding, consumption and the effects of starvation on a subtidal scavenger Nassarius siquijorensis (Gastropoda: Nassariidae), from Hong Kong / J.H. Liu and Brian Morton -- Grazing by high-shore littorinids on a moderately exposed tropical rocky. shore / Gray A. Williams -- Predation impacts on the population structure of infaunal bivalves from Lobster Bay, Cape d'Aguilar, Hong Kong / M.W. Cha -- The biology of Isognomon legumen (Gmelin, 1791) (Bivalvia: Pterioida) at Cape d'Aguilar, Hong Kong, with special reference to predation by muricids / Elizabeth Harper and Brian Morton -- Spatial variation in the molluscan fauna associated with Septifer virgatus (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) at Cape d'Aguilar, Hong Kong / R. Seed and N.A. Brotohadikusumo -- Tidal microgrowth bands in the shell of the intertidal limpet, Cellana toreuma (Reeve, 1855), from the shores of Cape d'Aguilar, Hong Kong / C.A. Richardson and J.H. Liu -- The invertebrate community of subtidal sand habitats at Cape d'Aguilar, Hong Kong, with an emphasis on molluscs / Fred E. Wells -- Sublittoral benthic gastropods from the southern waters of Hong Kong / John D. Taylor -- Hydrology and the distribution of Pteropoda in the southern waters of Hong Kong / A.L.C. Chan.

This is a collection of 22 papers presented at the Third International Workshop on the Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China held at the Swire Marine Laboratory on 13 April to 1 May 1992. The topics cover taxonomy, anatomy, behaviour and ecology.


English.

9789882202139 (electronic bk.) 9882202136 (electronic bk.) 9622093655 9789622093652 1282704869 9781282704862 9786612704864 6612704861


Mollusks--China--Hong Kong--Congresses.
Mollusks--South China Sea--Congresses.
Mollusques--Chine--Hongkong--Congrès.
Mollusques--Chine méridionale, Mer de--Congrès.
SCIENCE--Life Sciences--Zoology--General.
Mollusks.
Moluscos (biologia)


China--Hong Kong.
South China Sea.


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Conference papers and proceedings.

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