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A World in a Shell by Thom van Dooren
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Oct 17, 2023 | ISBN 9780262547345

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Praise

“Attentive, elegiac… Eschewing more obvious fauna, A World in a Shell makes a strong case for overcoming ‘geographical and taxonomic biases,’ noting that every species lost is a tragedy.”
–Foreword Reviews

Awards

Nautilus Gold Award WINNER 2023

Table Of Contents

Introduction 
In Search of Snails 1

1 The Wanderers 
A Foray into Worlds Written in Slime 23

2 The Drifters
The Mysterious Deep Time Movements of Snails 51

3 The Collected
The Ongoing Colonial Entanglements of Shells 81

4 The Anonymous 
Taxonomy and the Unknown Extinction Crisis 113

5 The Exploded 
Solidarity and Military Snails 147

6 The Captives 
Hope in a Time of Loss 177

Epilogue 197

Acknowledgments 211
Glossary 215
Notes 219
Bibliography 245
Index 263

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