Authors Edward J. Petuch and Mardie Drolshagen are professors in the Department of Geosciences at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton.

"[Edward Petuch] is without peer in regards to the molluscan faunas on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean … arguably, the most important tome to have been produced on the molluscs, living and fossil, of eastern North America. Ed's work will become 'the Bible' of those who wish to trace the pattern of changes of marine climate … the essential backdrop against which future marine climatic change in the shallower portion of the Atlantic Ocean will be hypothesised. The Mollusca provide the elegant key to unlocking this story."—John A. Talent, Emeritus Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences,Macquarie University, Australia''… continues and builds upon the thorough work on molluscan fossil assemblages of the eastern seaboard produced by Petuch and co-authors … Given the significant advances in sciences ranging from geology to systematic biology over the intervening century, an update is sorely needed. This publication has a number of collector friendly suggestions, including details of productive collection sites."—M.G. Harasewych, Curator of Marine Mollusca, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

• Introduction: Fossil Shell Collecting in the Maryland and Virginia Miocene. Miocene Seas of the Chesapeake Bay Area. Geologic Framework of the Maryland and Virginia Miocene. Ecphoras of the Maryland and Virginia Miocene. Molluscan Fossils of the Calvert Formation. Molluscan Fossils of the Choptank Formation. Molluscan Fossils of the St. Mary’s Formation. Molluscan Fossils of the Eastover Formation. Systematic Appendix: Descriptions of New Species and Genera. References. Index.

Authors Edward J. Petuch and Mardie Drolshagen are professors in the Department of Geosciences at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton.

"[Edward Petuch] is without peer in regards to the molluscan faunas on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean … arguably, the most important tome to have been produced on the molluscs, living and fossil, of eastern North America. Ed's work will become 'the Bible' of those who wish to trace the pattern of changes of marine climate … the essential backdrop against which future marine climatic change in the shallower portion of the Atlantic Ocean will be hypothesised. The Mollusca provide the elegant key to unlocking this story."—John A. Talent, Emeritus Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences,Macquarie University, Australia''… continues and builds upon the thorough work on molluscan fossil assemblages of the eastern seaboard produced by Petuch and co-authors … Given the significant advances in sciences ranging from geology to systematic biology over the intervening century, an update is sorely needed. This publication has a number of collector friendly suggestions, including details of productive collection sites."—M.G. Harasewych, Curator of Marine Mollusca, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

• Introduction: Fossil Shell Collecting in the Maryland and Virginia Miocene. Miocene Seas of the Chesapeake Bay Area. Geologic Framework of the Maryland and Virginia Miocene. Ecphoras of the Maryland and Virginia Miocene. Molluscan Fossils of the Calvert Formation. Molluscan Fossils of the Choptank Formation. Molluscan Fossils of the St. Mary’s Formation. Molluscan Fossils of the Eastover Formation. Systematic Appendix: Descriptions of New Species and Genera. References. Index.

Authors Edward J. Petuch and Mardie Drolshagen are professors in the Department of Geosciences at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton.

"[Edward Petuch] is without peer in regards to the molluscan faunas on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean … arguably, the most important tome to have been produced on the molluscs, living and fossil, of eastern North America. Ed's work will become 'the Bible' of those who wish to trace the pattern of changes of marine climate … the essential backdrop against which future marine climatic change in the shallower portion of the Atlantic Ocean will be hypothesised. The Mollusca provide the elegant key to unlocking this story."—John A. Talent, Emeritus Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences,Macquarie University, Australia''… continues and builds upon the thorough work on molluscan fossil assemblages of the eastern seaboard produced by Petuch and co-authors … Given the significant advances in sciences ranging from geology to systematic biology over the intervening century, an update is sorely needed. This publication has a number of collector friendly suggestions, including details of productive collection sites."—M.G. Harasewych, Curator of Marine Mollusca, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

• Introduction: Fossil Shell Collecting in the Maryland and Virginia Miocene. Miocene Seas of the Chesapeake Bay Area. Geologic Framework of the Maryland and Virginia Miocene. Ecphoras of the Maryland and Virginia Miocene. Molluscan Fossils of the Calvert Formation. Molluscan Fossils of the Choptank Formation. Molluscan Fossils of the St. Mary’s Formation. Molluscan Fossils of the Eastover Formation. Systematic Appendix: Descriptions of New Species and Genera. References. Index.