The World's Most Beautiful Seashells (Worlds Most Series)From the Introduction of this 240 page book: "Shells and the creatures that make them have intrigued and benefited humankind since very ancient times. Not only have snails, oysters, scallops and other mollusks been an abundant source of food, their shells have been employed worldwide as adornment, as tools, as money, and fora multitude of other purposes. In many societies, shells have been an inspiration, a motif, and a medium for handicrafts, art,