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Back issues of the COA quarterly journal, American Conchologist, are available at $3.00 per issue prior to 1985 and $5.00 from 1985 to the present. Filled with articles on shells, shell trips, personalities in the shell world, events, collecting and exhibiting methods...they are an excellent resource.

March issue 2009 - Editor’s Comments & Note to COA Members; The Department of Malacology at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Paul Callomon & Robert Robertson; Book Review: The Genus Conus (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) in the Plio-Pleistocene of the Southeastern United States; SCUM XIII: Southern California Unified Malacologists by Lindsey T. Groves; Dealer Directory; Cuban Landsnails: the Weird and the Wonderful by Simon Aiken; The Philadelphia Shell Show - 10-11 October 2009 by Paul Callomon; Tiny Jewels: An introduction to pupillid taxonomy, ecology, and collection by Jeff Nekola; From the Red Sea by Moti Kovalis; Just A Plain Black Slug: Belocaulus angustipes by Jerry G. Walls; COA 2009 Convention: Cruising...Cruising on the Suncoast by Bob Pierson; 2009 Shell Shows & Related Events by Donald Dan

 

December issue 2008 - Editor’s Comments; Molluscan findings from a recent dredging expedition off the Louisiana coast by Emilio Fabián García; The “Buzz” on Abalones - Two Recent “World Record” Australian Haliotis From the Collection of Robert “Bob” Kershaw of Narooma, New South Wales (N.S.W.), Australia by Buzz Owen; Dealer Directory; In Memoriam; Draft Amendment to the COA Constitution; 2009 Shell Shows and Related Events by Donald Dan; Book Review: Cuba, the Landshells Paradise; A Cuban Land Shell Trip in Pictures by Simon Aiken; COA 2009 Convention: Cruising...Cruising on the Suncoast by Bob Pierson Frank

 

September issue 2008 - COA Academic Grants Program: Academic Grants Director’s Report by José Leal; In Memoriam; Conchologists of America 2008 Convention: Sombreros, Shells, and Spurs by J. M. Inchaustegui; Small Western Atlantic Buccinidae. Part 2. The Genus Antillophos Woodring, 1928 by G. Thomas Watters; Imperiled Seashells by Karla Cisneros; An extension of the genus Spinosipella (Bivalvia: Verticordiidae) in the Gulf of Mexico by Emilio Fabián García; Collecting Trip to the Skeleton Coast Park in Namibia by Werner Massier; Dealer Directory; My Favorite Fasciolariidae by Zvi Orlin; Book Review: Shells; A Bit More on Sphaerocypraea incomparabilis (Briano, 1993) by Donald Dan; Conchologists of America 2008 Convention: San Antonio, Texas by Lucy Clampit; Next Year, Come to the Beach for 2009!; An Unusual Find by Bobbi Cordy; The Rosy Wolfsnail by Bill Frank

 

June issue 2008 - Editor’s Notes, Frustrations and extensions IV: On two Cyphoma species from the Gulf of Mexico and six geographical extensions by Emilio Fabián García, In Memoriam, Bishops Mills Natural History Centre, Massive death assemblage of Cepaea nemoralis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mollusca, Helicidae) at the Pentecostal Culvert! by Frederick W. Schueler, A Bit More on Cepaea Land Snails by Tom Eichhorst, Dealer Directory, 2008 Shell Shows and Related Events by Donald Dan, Some Favorite Murex by Zvi Orlin, Latirus of Roatan by Ted Kalafut, A History of the Journal The Pariah and Shell-Related Books by Jerry G. Walls by Leslie Crnkovic, José Leal Names A New Bivalve Genus and Two New Species by Tom Eichhorst, The Reluctant Explorer by Lori Schroeder, Dr. E. Alison Kay (1928 - 2008) by Fabio Moretzsohn

 

March issue 2008 - Editor’s Notes; A Gigantic Blister Pearl in a Louisiana Pearlshell Mussel by Jerry G. Walls; Dr Donald Bosch - 90 Years Old by Robert G. Moolenbeek; Hermit Crab Swarm by Phil Fallon; Dealer Directory; In Memoriam; SCUM XII: Southern California Unified Malacologists by Lindsey Groves; Book Review: Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae; Book Review: Lovell Augustus Reeve (1814-1865): malacological author and publisher; Book Review: Seashells of Southern Florida; New Zealand Endemic Mollusks by Zvi Orlin; Living Mactrid Bivalves From the Argentine Sea by Javier H. Signorelli; COA Convention 5-10 July 2008; The Art of COA Member Arline Reimann

 

December issue 2007 - Editor’s Notes; Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) 23 May 1707 - 10 January 1778 by Bruce Neville; Shelling Trip to Tibet by He Jing; Linnaean Trivia Quiz by Bruce Neville; Neptunea Award by Carole Marshall; 2008 Shell Shows and Related Events by Donald Dan; Dealer Directory; Longest Lived Mollusk by Thomas Eichhorst; A New Book: Texas Seashells; Book Review: Recently Collected Shells of Vietnam; Book Review: The Shell: A World of Decoration and Ornament; Book Review: The Recent Molluscan Fauna of Île Clipperton (Tropical Eastern Pacific); “See Y’all There,” San Antonio, Texas, COA 2008; Townsville Shell Club News by Thomas Eichhorst; Conus kalafuti Da Matta 1987 by Ted Kalafut; Abalone Farm by Peggy Williams; A Shell From Mars by S. Peter Dance; In Memoriam; Umbraculum umbraculum (Lightfoot, 1786) by Ted Kalafut

 

September issue 2007 - Small Western Atlantic Buccinidae. Part 1. The Genus Bailya M. Smith, 1944 by G. Thomas Watters; Erosaria guttata (Gmelin, 1791): The Great Spotted Cowrie by Charles Rawlings; Dealer Directory; Australian Marine Mollusks by Zvi Orlin; Exotic Molluscan Introductions to the San Francisco Bay Area by Tom Grace; Cypraeovula alfrendensis-A Blue Form of Cypraeovula edentula by E.L. Heiman; Shells Work Their Magic at Portland COA 2007 by Marsha Darcy; Book Review: Shells; Book Review: Terebridae A Collectors Guide; In Memoriam; True Tales of Tagelus by Steven Rosenthal

 

June issue 2007 - Editor’s Notes; Report on Mollusks Collected in a Dredging Expedition to Bahía de Campeche, Southwestern Gulf of Mexico by Emilio Fábian García; Notocypraea emblema Iredale, 1931, the Forgotten Cowry by Don Cram; Dealer Directory; COA Convention “Chardonnay & Shells” by Joyce Matthys; More on Blood-Sucking Mollusks by Zvi Orlin; 2007 Shell Shows and Related Events: July - December by Donald Dan; In a Bag of Sand - A Study of Pinellas County, Florida, Micro-Mollusks by Tom Grace; Jordan Star’s Web Picks; Book Review: Beach Treasures of the Gulf Coast; The Neptunea Award; COA Award Winners by Carole Marshall; In Memoriam; Rare As Hens’ Teeth by Tom Eichhorst; The Art of Gregory Aquila by Tom Eichhorst

 

December issue 2006- Notes from the Editor; Additional Notes on Kaiawase by Richard E. Petit; Bloodsucking Pyramidellids by Robert Robertson; Nudibranch Navigation: The Natural History of Tritonia diomedea by Russell C. Wyeth; Book Review: Out Of My Shell reviewed by Rusti Stover; Book Review: The Mollusks: A Guide To Their Study, Collection, and Preservation reviewed by Tom Eichhorst; Dealer Directory; 2007 COA Convention Update; Market Collecting by Joaquin Inchaustegui; Jordan Star’s Web Picks; 2007 Shell Shows & Related Events by Donald Dan; In Memoriam; 2007 COA Grants Program; Minus Tide Adventures in Downeast Maine by Kevin Czaja; Mollusks and the Wallace Line by Zvi Orlin; Cypraeidae: Lyncina carneola (Linnaeus, 1758) form leviathan by Eduard Heiman

 

September issue 2006- Notes from the Editor; About Luria controversa (Gray, 1824) by Eduard Heiman; Jordan Star’s Web Picks; COA Award Winners by Carole Marshall; Japanese Shell-matching Game by S. Peter Dance; Shell Desk Diary by Leslie Allen Crnkovic; Dealer Directory; New Shell Records for Florida by David Kirsh; “Chardonnay and Shells” in Portland, Oregon, 1-5 Aug 07 by Joyce Mattheys; A southern extension of Gyroscala xenicima (Melvill & Standen, 1903) by Emilio Fabián García; Report of a left-handed Dentimargo eburneolus (Conrad, 1834) (Gastropoda: Marginellidae) from Bahía de Campeche, Mexico by Emilio Fabián García; Thoughts on Species and Speciation - Phenoplasticity by Burton Vaughn & Tom Eichhorst; Book Review: Recent & Fossil Indonesian Shells reviewed by Zvi Orlin; Landsnails of Claiborne Bluff by Harry G. Lee; Haplotrema and AriolimaxAs Depicted by Tlingit Artists by Neil E. Fahy; In Memoriam

 

June issue 2006- Jordan Star’s Web Picks; A Fresh Look at Conus milneedwardsi Jousseaume, 1894, and Conus bengalensis (Okutani, 1968) by Michael Tove; Dealer Directory; COA Convention - 2006 by Tom Eichhorst; Invitation to Oregon in 2007 by Joyce Mattheys; On Daphnella (Paradaphne) retifera Dall, 1888 by Emilio Fabián García; Book Review: Catalogue of the Marine Gastropod Family Fasciolariidae reviewed by William G. Lyons; Shell Show Schedule for the Second Half of 2006 by Donald Dan; Book Review: Fasciolariidae reviewed by William G. Lyons; In Memoriam; Book Review: Offshore Shells of Southern Africa reviewed by Zvi Orlin; COA Grants Program by Tom Eichhorst; The Two Faces of Tibia martini (Marrat, 1877) by Tom Eichhorst; Artistry of Jan Huijbers by Tom Eichhorst

 

March issue 2006- Gyroscala xenicima (Melvill & Standen, 1903) (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae) by Emilio Fabián Garciá; Bivalved Gastropods: Berthelinia and Julia (order Sacoglossa, family Juliidae) by Robert Robertson; Book Review: The Healing Power of Seashells by Daya Sarai Chocron, reviewed by Paul Calloman; Notocypraea: the piperata - comptonii Complex by Don Cram; Dealer Directory; COA Convention - 2006 by Andrew K. Rindsberg; Cuba and a Few of Its Land Snails by Neil E. Fahy; SCUM X: Southern California United Malacologists by Lindsey T. Groves; Multiplying Monadenia Snails by Lisa Ross; Artistry of Steven Counsell by Tom Eichhorst

 

December issue 2005 - New Strombid Names & Knowledge of Interrelationships by Robert Robertson; Jordan Star’s Web Picks; A Stepping-Stone to Marine Conservation: The Importance of Island-Hopping by Eric Crandall; Spirula spirula (Linnaeus, 1758) The Ramshorn Shell by Zvi Orlan; Book Review: Marine Mollusks in Japan reviewed by Zvi Orlin; 2006 Shell Shows & Related Events (Jan - Aug) by Donald Dan; The Neptunea Award form; Dealer Directory; Conus kulkulcan Petuch, 1980 by Ted Kalafut; Barging In - A Shelling Adventure to the Perlas Islands of Pacific Panama by Karen VanderVen; Recent Changes In Texas Shell-Bearing Mollusk and Intertidal Organism Harvest Regulations by Randy Blankenship; What Shell Is This?; COA Convention 2006, Mobile Alabama: “Sea Treasure” by Doug Shelton; Sanibel Island Shell Museum Celebrates First Decade by Libby Grimm

 

September issue 2005 - Large Conchs (Strombus) Are Endangered Herbivores Having Many Predators and Needing Dense Populations of Adults to Reproduce Successfully by Robert Robertson; Shell Collecting in Iceland Part V: The Deep Sea by Moshe Erlendur; It’s The Closest Thing To Being There (DVD Review of Undersea Treasures) by Karen VanderVen; Dealer Directory; Babyloniinae: The Babylon Shells (includes the centerfold images) by Tom Eichhorst; Neptunea Awards by Carole Marshall; The COA Award by Carole Marshall; Jordan Star’s Web Picks; Non-Native Nuisance Species: They Can Really Ruin Your Habitat by Hank Foglino; Book Review: West African Seashells reviewed by Zvi Orlin; COA Convention 2005: A Return to the Islands by Tom Eichhorst

 

June issue 2005 - Close and Closer Looks at a Pedicularia (Cowrie-Relative) Larval Shell by Robert Robertson; Book Review: Olividae - A Collector’s Guide by Gunther H.W. Sterba, reviewed by Zvi Orlin; How to Collect and Successfully Preserve Chitons by G. B. Jeffrey; Madagascar - Island of Contrast by Neal Fahy; Dealer Directory; Centerfold: Seashells of Sanibel Island by José H. Leal; Sorting Out Linnaeus’ Genus Strombus in Rumphius by Winston Barney; Frustrations and extension. III. On Columbella verrilli Dall, 1889; and a geographic extension and generic placement of Gymnobela malmii Dall, 1881 by Emilio Fabián García; Jordan Star’s Web Picks; 2005 Shell Shows and Related Events by Donald Dan; Florida and Caribbean Turridae: Part 1 Black and Brown Species by Peggy Williams

 

March issue 2005 - COA President’s Message; 33rd Annual COA Convention; About Cypraea tigris schilderiana Cate, 1961 by E.L. Heiman; News From the Malacology Collection of the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History and Science; Critters Inside by Bobbi Cordy; 36th Annual Banana Slug Derby by Dan Yoshimoto; Dealer Directory; Centerfold: Florida Fossils-2 by Kevan & Linda Sunderland; New Jersey Epitonium Continued... by Judy-Lynn Goldberg & Robert Robertson; Brazilian Volutidae by José Coltro; Book Review: CIESM Atlas of Exotic Species in the Mediterranean; Nesting Clam: A Field Observation by Peggy Williams; Profile: Boston Malacological Club by Warren Graff; SCUM IX: Southern California Unified Malacologists by Lindsey T. Groves; Some Notes on the Evolution of Mollusks by Zvi Orlin

 

December issue 2004 - Editor’s Comments; Volutes Without a Name II by Peter G. Stimpson; Made for SEM: The Fascinating World of Scissurellids by Daniel L. Geiger; The Beach Gypsies: An Exploring Adventure to Cat Island, Bahamas by Karen VanderVen; Welcome to COA Convention 2005; Jordan Star’s Web Picks; Dealer Directory; Centerfold: Florida Fossils by Kevan & Linda Sunderland; Distribution of Marine Molluscs along the Temperate and Cold Water Regions of the Southern Ocean and Adjoining Zones by Zvi Orlin; Neptunea Award; Two (or Three or Four?) Little Known Popular Shell Books by the late Dr. Tadashige Habe by Richard E. Petit; 2005 Shell Shows & Related Events by Donald Dan; Meet Archie Jones by Tom Eichhorst; Notadusta eugeniae Paratypes Found by Don Cram; The Gold-footed Snail by Craig McClain

 

September issue 2004 - President's Message; Jordan Star's Web Picks; The genus Harpa revisited by Moshe Erlendur Okon; Report of COA Grants Committee for 2004; Dealer Directory; Centerfold: (hopefully, but not here yet) by Kevan & Linda Sunderland; Report on species found in offshore Louisiana waters, including range extensions and unnamed species III by E. F. García and H. G. Lee; Conchologists of America Grant Program by Donald Dan; Meet Paul & Heather Johnson; Researching a non-whelk: Cittarium pica by Robert Robertson; Neptunea Award - Bobbie Houchin; Volutes Without a Name by Peter G. Stimpson; Tampa COA Convention 2004

 

 

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