Members of the phylum Mollusca are among the most conspicuous invertebrates and include such familiar forms as clams, oysters, squids, octopods and snails. In abundance of species, molluscs comprise the largest invertebrate phylum aside from the Arthropoda. Over 1, 00,000 living species have been described. In addition, some 35,000 fossil species are known.

An Introduction to Mollusca is the second revised and enlarged edition of the book. It has been designed to approach the morphology, anatomy, physiology and development of selected type in a simple and lucid style. According to the scheme of treatment the important animal types of the phylum have been dealt with first, and efforts have been made to present their elaborate and uptodate account. General characters and classification and brief description of other important types of the phylum have also been dealt with complete, authentic and uptodate account. Further separate chapters on topics of significance and general interest pertaining to the phylum have also been added to make the treatment more elaborate.

There is a paradox in the growth of scientific knowledge. As information accumulates in ever more intimidating quantities, disconnected facts and impenetrable mysteries give way to rational explanation, and simplicity emerges from chaos. Gradually the essential principles of a subject come into focus. This is true of cell biology today. Cell is a vital unit of organism and it can be considered as the anatomic and physiologic substrate of biologic phenomena. Most of the Indian Universities have recognized the importance of cell in due time and have incorporated the Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Evolution in their syllabi.

This book is principally for students taking a first course in cell biology, be they undergraduates, graduate students, or medical students. Although most readers have had at least an intro0ductory biology course, the authors have attempted to write the book so that even a stranger to this branch could follow it by starting at the beginning. Most of the chapters have been updated to give the reader a current view.

There is a paradox in the growth of scientific knowledge. As information accumulates in ever more intimidating quantities, disconnected facts and impenetrable mysteries give way to rational explanation, and simplicity emerges from chaos. Gradually the essential principles of a subject come into focus. This is true of cell biology today. Cell is a vital unit of organism and it can be considered as the anatomic and physiologic substrate of biologic phenomena. Most of the Indian Universities have recognized the importance of cell in due time and have incorporated the Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Evolution in their syllabi.

This book is principally for students taking a first course in cell biology, be they undergraduates, graduate students, or medical students. Although most readers have had at least an intro0ductory biology course, the authors have attempted to write the book so that even a stranger to this branch could follow it by starting at the beginning. Most of the chapters have been updated to give the reader a current view.

There is a paradox in the growth of scientific knowledge. As information accumulates in ever more intimidating quantities, disconnected facts and impenetrable mysteries give way to rational explanation, and simplicity emerges from chaos. Gradually the essential principles of a subject come into focus. This is true of cell biology today. Cell is a vital unit of organism and it can be considered as the anatomic and physiologic substrate of biologic phenomena. Most of the Indian Universities have recognized the importance of cell in due time and have incorporated the Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Evolution in their syllabi.
This book is principally for students taking a first course in cell biology, be they undergraduates, graduate students, or medical students. Although most readers have had at least an intro0ductory biology course, the authors have attempted to write the book so that even a stranger to this branch could follow it by starting at the beginning. Most of the chapters have been updated to give the reader a current view.