A Monograph of the Crag Mollusca
Or, Descriptions of Shells from the Middle and Upper Tertiaries of the East of England

Published 1848–82, this multi-part monograph describes and illustrates the fossil molluscs of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Crags of East Anglia.

Searles V. Wood (Author)

9781108076883, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 November 2014

268 pages, 21 b/w illus.
29.7 x 21 x 1.4 cm, 0.65 kg

The Pliocene-Pleistocene Crags of East Anglia are an incredibly rich source of fossil shells, many belonging to extant Boreal and Mediterranean genera. Dominated by marine gastropods and bivalves, the deposits also contain evidence of terrestrial and non-marine gastropods and bivalves, brachiopods, and extensive epifauna including bryozoans. Published between 1848 and 1879 in four volumes, the latter two being supplements with further descriptions and geological notes, this monograph by Searles Valentine Wood (1798–1880) covers more than 650 species and varieties of fossil mollusc. For each species Wood gives a synonymy, diagnosis (in Latin), full description, dimensions, occurrence and remarks. The supplements also provide a breakdown of the species and their current distribution. The detailed plates were prepared by the conchologist George Brettingham Sowerby and his namesake son. Volume 1 (1848) covers gastropods and scaphopods, illustrated in 21 plates.

Introduction
Cephalopoda
Gasteropoda
Pteropoda
Authorities
Index
Plates.

Subject Areas: Palaeontology [RBX]