Part I. Miracle. 1. First shells (Marine fossils, Quadrireticulum allisoniae) ; 2. Everything from shells (The Chambered Nautilus, Nautilus pompilius) ; 3. The Voice of the Past (Triton's Trumpet, Charonia tritonis) ; 4. Great Cities of Shell (The Lightning Whelk, Sinistrofulgur sinistrum)
Part II. Capital. 5. Shell money (The Money Cowrie, Monetaria moneta) ; 6. Shell Madness (The precious Wentletrap, Epitonium scalare) ; 7. American Shells (The Lettered Olive, Olivia sayana) ; 8. Shell Oil (The Murex, Hexaplex trunculus) ; 9. Shell Shock (The Junonia, Scaphella junonia)
Part III. The Oracle. 10. The End of Abundance (The Bay Scallop, Argopecten irradians) ; 11. Saving the queens (The Queen Conch, Aligre gigas) ; 12. Glowing future (The Giant Clam, Tridacna gigas) ; 13. Trust in nature (The Geographer Cone, Conus geographus)
Conclusion: The open end (Shell People, Homo sapiens).
