The Excitement of Discovery
by Brian L. McElaney Even more than twenty years after the fact, I still remember the day my particular interest in freshwater shells began. At age 15, I had just returned from a family trip to the Bahamas with a suitcase full of shells....
http://www.www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=50&q=The_Excitement_of_Discovery  - 12/20/2006

Isolation and Evolution of the Amphidromus in Nusa Tenggara
by Richard L. Goldberg & Mike SevernsThe eminent malacologist and land snail aficionado William Clench once claimed that if he were transported blindfolded to a tropical Pacific island, he could determine his location based on the...
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Why Do Shells Have Their Colors?
by Gary Rosenberg, ANSP As a curator of a large shell collection, I am often asked why shells have their colors. The most frequent form of the question is, "Are those the natural colors?" I resist saying "No, we painted all 12 million ...
http://www.www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=55&q=Why_Do_Shells_Have_Their_Colors_  - 12/20/2006

The World‘s Most Beautiful Seashells
by Leonard Hill and Pete Carmichael. 246 pp., 462 colored plates. Carmichael Publications, Tampa, FL. Hardback $29.95; softcover $22.95. ISBN 1-884942-00-8.    Without question the stunning photographs of the 460 species...
http://www.www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=60&q=The_World__145s_Most_Beautiful_Seashells_  - 12/20/2006

God, Stephen Wolfram, and Everything Else
God, Stephen Wolfram, and Everything Else Michael S. Malone, Forbes ASAP, 11.27.00 THE TASK IS SIMPLE but impossible. You are standing on the 50-yard line inside the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, and your job is to tile the field with 1-inch-square bathroom floor...
http://www.www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=122&q=God,_Stephen_Wolfram,_and_Everything_Else_  - 01/12/2007

Toxic treasure: poisons and venoms from deadly animals could become tomorrow‘s miracle drugs. And few places on Earth harbor so many deadly animals as Australia‘s Great Barrier Reef
Natural History, Oct, 2005 by Robert George Sprackland [Australia] has more things that will kill you than anywhere else.... This is a country where even the fluffiest of caterpillars can lay you out with a toxic nip, where seashells will not just sting you but actually sometimes gofer...
http://www.www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=4&q=Toxic_treasure__poisons_and_venoms_from_deadly  - 12/19/2006

Molluscs of the sea, traditional "sea shells"
While many sea animals produce exoskeletons, usually only those of molluscs (also spelt "mollusk") are normally considered to be "sea shells". The majority of shell-forming molluscs belong to the classes Gastropoda (univalves, or snails) or Bivalvia. Three other shell-bearing classes are...
http://www.www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=5&q=Molluscs_of_the_sea,_traditional__sea_shells_  - 12/19/2006

Shells in other animals
While not "shells" in the strict sense, a large variety of other animal taxa form exoskeletons of calcium carbonate, chiton or silica which are used for protection, locomotion, defence, structure or feeding. Other sea creatures relationship with a class of The construction of the shell-like...
http://www.www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=6&q=Shells_in_other_animals  - 12/19/2006

What Is A Shell?
by Lynn Scheu Shells are lovely natural objects, equals in beauty to any flower or butterfly, they are more than just pretty baubles found on beaches. They are the exterior skeletons (exoskeletons) of a group of animals called mollusks. ...
http://www.www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=7&q=What_Is_A_Shell_  - 12/19/2006

Sea Shells - Marine
by Lynn Scheu When we think of shells, it is seashells that probably come to mind first, in a multiplicity of shapes, colors and patterns. Scallops, cowries, conchs and cones in rainbow hues. Lacy frills, elongate spikes, gleaming ...
http://www.www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=8&q=Sea_Shells___Marine  - 12/19/2006

How to Collect Seashells
Seashells, also known by biologists as the exoskeletons of critters in the phylum Mollusca, are popular for collectors. Instructions STEP 1: Get more out of your collecting by learning what animals lived in the shells...
http://www.www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=9&q=How_to_Collect_Seashells  - 12/19/2006

Blood Cells Build Seashells
--MEGAN MANSELL WILLIAMSFor more than 30 years, scientists thought they knew how oysters and other soft-bodied mollusks make their calcified armor. But new research reveals that as oysters build their shells they get help from a surprising source: their blood cells. In the conventional view,...
http://www.www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=10&q=Blood_Cells_Build_Seashells  - 12/19/2006

Shells in History
Written by Shireen Gonzaga and Marc Airhart For much of human history, seashells have held a prominent place in our culture. They’ve been used as money, medicine, ornaments, and objects of art. They’ve been weighed, measured, sliced and cataloged by scientists. These natural...
http://www.www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=11&q=Shells_in_History  - 12/19/2006

Types of Mollusks
Written by Shireen Gonzaga and Marc Airhart Mollusks have adapted to an amazing range of environments. Clams and snails can be found living on mountains, in lakes and ponds, marshes, bays and estuaries, along sandy seashores, floating on the sea surface and living at the bottom of the sea,...
http://www.www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=12&q=Types_of_Mollusks  - 12/19/2006

Making a Shell
Written by Shireen Gonzaga and Marc Airhart The blood of a mollusk is rich in a liquid form of calcium. A soft, outer organ called the mantle concentrates the calcium in areas where it can separate out from the blood, forming calcium carbonate crystals. The mantle deposits sheets of the...
http://www.www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=13&q=Making_a_Shell  - 12/19/2006