Additional Information Resources
The following
information and links to sources of information on the Net are
provided as a service to COA members. COA does not take responsibility
for the accuracy of the contents of these sources, nor for any
links, or absence of links from the Internet resources.
Conch-L
-- "Conch-L is
the property of the University of Georgia and is provided for
use by interested parties free of charge. The Conch-L list is
moderated by COA member volunteers and administered by the university.
Content reflects individual opinions of the authors submitting
to the list and does not reflect official or unofficial policy
or opinion of the University of Georgia or the Conchologists
of America."
Selected
Sources of Information on Mollusks -- This site lists
general reference and identification books as well as selections
for the young collector, adult beginner and regional identification.
There is also a section of major public shell collections.
Bibliography
for the Identification of North American Freshwater Snails
-- This is a "compilation of all 20th-century guidebooks,
keys, monographs, systematic reviews, regional surveys, checklists,
and any other published reference material potentially useful
for identifying our freshwater gastropod fauna."
Regional
Species Lists -- A listing of regional or local mollusk
species lists available via the Internet.
Sally Kaicher's Card Catalogue
of World-wide Shells
Vita
Marina and Spirula Web Site -- This site contains online
lists of conchologists, shell events, and other information
resources.
Mollusca
Listserv -- An electronic discussion group for E-mail
networking related to mollusks and malacology.
Mollia
-- Information for Malacologists. This site includes information
on malacological publications and instructions to authors.
Tide
Predictor -- A program for predicting the times and
magnitude of high and low tides at hundreds of locations throughout
the world.
Bailey-Matthews
Shell Museum, Sanibel, Florida. (www.shellmuseum.org)
Systematic
Research Collections (Recent & Fossil Mollusca)
-- List of world-wide research collections compiled by Kevin
Cummings (Illinois Natural History Survey), Anton Oleinik (Purdue
University), and John H. Slapcinsky (Field Museum of Natural
History, Chicago).
Academy
of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia) -- Some of their
catalog is online. Malacology collections.
MALACOLOG
2.0 -- Database of recent gastropods of the Western
Atlantic.
MBL
Marine Animal Models -- "A database of useful information,
images, and links of the approximately 200 species of marine
animals that have contributed to MBL science."
Conchology
-- The Art & Science of Nature -- Rich Goldberg's non-commercial
site "with hundreds of shell images, as well as multimedia
presentations, shell articles, a conchology quiz, games and
diversions, and links to important Web shell resources."
(Slow loading sometimes, but well worth the wait.)
