After the Big Blow. . .
from Australian correspondent Patty Jansen It is not often that you get the opportunity to go through a tropical cyclone and come out unscathed at the other end. In fact, the last time a cyclone hit Townsville...
http://www.www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=45&q=After_the_Big_Blow_____  - 12/20/2006

Brazilian Seashells: An Unexplored World
by Jose Coltro For many years I have been working with Brazilian shells. I remember when I was 5 years old collecting Olivancillaria vesica in Santos - today a very polluted port near Sao Paulo. I started to study Brazilian shells as a...
http://www.www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=47&q=Brazilian_Seashells__An_Unexplored_World  - 12/20/2006

COLLECTING IN THE SOLOMONS -- JUNE 1996
by Gene EversonIf you are like me, you find it disappointing to read about a shell trip to a wonderful sounding marine area, only to find it is 90% about the country, and the other 10% is about all the money cowries or...
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DO YOU REALLY KNOW ABOUT SHELLS?
by Jose Coltro I remember when I started collecting shells thirty years ago. Each January my parents used to take my brother Marcus and me to the beach for our summer vacation (Remember that we...
http://www.www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=49&q=DO_YOU_REALLY_KNOW_ABOUT_SHELLS_  - 12/20/2006

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....
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How Deep Is Deep? ( Museum-Hunting for the Deepest Atlantic Mollusks)
Museum-Hunting for the Deepest Atlantic Mollusksby José H. Leal, Ph.D. Questions often arise concerning the distinction between "shallow-water" and "deep-water" shells. Where should we draw the line between deep and shallow ...
http://www.www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=51&q=How_Deep_Is_Deep____Museum_Hunting_for_the  - 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...
http://www.www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=52&q=Isolation_and_Evolution_of_the_Amphidromus_in  - 12/20/2006

Large cache of Diamonds Found on Florida Beach! - SPI Wire Service
by Linda Brunner Three hundred and twenty-six diamonds were found on St. Pete Beach between July 14 and 19, 1996, all sparkling for the Conchologists of America Annual convention. Most of these gems were set in the beautiful TradeWinds ...
http://www.www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=53&q=Large_cache_of_Diamonds_Found_on_Florida_Beach___  - 12/20/2006

Mollusckque - Mollusk vs Mollusc
by Gary RosenbergMalacologists and conchologists often wonder whether "mollusk" or "mollusc" is the correct or preferred spelling of the vernacular name for the phylum Mollusca. A debate on the subject appeared in ...
http://www.www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=54&q=Mollusckque___Mollusk_vs_Mollusc  - 12/20/2006

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

WHY DO WE COLLECT SHELLS?
by Deborah Wills There I was, thousands of miles from home standing in a crowded reception room one hundred feet above the ground in Seattle‘s Space Needle waiting for a napkin. The waiter‘s eyes had revealed his thoughts when I...
http://www.www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=56&q=WHY_DO_WE_COLLECT_SHELLS__  - 12/20/2006

oral Reef Animals of the Indo-Pacific: Animal life from Africa to Hawai‘i exclusive of the vertebrates
by Terrence M. Gosliner, David W. Behrens and Gary C. Williams. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, 1996. 8"x10" format. Softcover. 320 pages, 1150 color photographs. $45.00 If you love sea life in all its sci-fi...
http://www.www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=57&q=oral_Reef_Animals_of_the_Indo_Pacific__Animal  - 12/20/2006

Seashells of Central New South Wales
A Survey of the Shelled Marine Molluscs of the Sydney Metropolitan Area and Adjacent Coasts by Patty Jansen. Privately published. Townsville, Australia, 1995. Soft cover, stitched binding, 129 pages 21 X 29.5cm (8 3/8" X 11 7/8") ...
http://www.www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=58&q=Seashells_of_Central_New_South_Wales  - 12/20/2006

Seashells of Eastern Arabia
by Donald T. Bosch, S. Peter Dance, Robert G. Moolenbeek and P. Graham Oliver. Edited by S. Peter Dance. Motivate Publishing, Dubai, U.A.E. 9.5" X 12.5" Hardbound. 296 pages. Many color and b/w photos, drawings, diagrams. map. $85 U.S. ...
http://www.www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=59&q=Seashells_of_Eastern_Arabia  - 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