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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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.
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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