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STAR´S WEB PICKS
Previous web picks
Money Cowrie: http://moneycowrie.tripod.com/
A very slow loading Danish? site. Links to shell items, trading, for sale, etc. Interesting but not too much there. - 3/2008
Seashells of CA & Baja Mexico: http://www.californiashells.com/
Nice pictures for CA ID. Many links to shells. - 3/2008
Marginella.com: http://www.marginella.com
I would rate this site confusing. Maybe someone can get some information from this site. I might not know about Marginellas but a Marginella lover would get some information from this site. No pictures. Script text very hard to see. - 3/2008
Conchology, Inc. - Official Shell Website: http://www.conchology.be/en/links/index.php
Good information site. Text fair, should be larger to make reading easier. Pictures fair. An auction site too. Scrolling right and left is annoying to this reviewer. - 3/2008
All About Snails: http://www.kidyhouse.com
A source of information for kids. A good learning tool. Somewhat of a school room activities teaching aide with things to do, snail related. - 3/2008
Top Seashells Links to Shell Websites: http://www.topseashells.com/links.php
Links to sites you might know of and visited but might be new ones. A jumping off point for investing shells, dealers, commercial sites, crafts, etc. - 2/2008
Micro Shells Homepage: http://www.bigai.ne.jp/index.html
A bilingual site, would have to download a Internet Explorer attracter utility. Windows XP and Mac users, what to do? This reviewer has an inferior machine. Probably deserves a higher rating, but I’m a little afraid to download what I don’t really need and will not use again. - 2/2008
Of Sea & Shore Online!: http://www.ofseaandshore.com/
Interesting site with a fun shell game. Free web hosting for collectors, paid? Hosting for a commercial site. Site could benefit from having pictures of museum, I was there, for people who can’t go there, pictures say a lot. Can order books and publications on line. A links page and the editor of this magazine has a links page also. - 2/2008
Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, PA – Malacology and Invertebrate Paleontology: http://erato.acnatsci.org
Lots and lots of information. Could benefit from some pictures. A research site. Many, many links. A jumping off point to the Academy of Natural Sciences Museum and other sites. - 2/2008
- MOLLUSKS- The types of seashells you might find at the beach: http://www.seashells.org/identcatagories/mollusks.htm
This might be a repeat review. Pictures fair, knowledge of common names are helpful but not necessary. Links to cleaning, preserving, beachcombing and of course identifying. A beach strollers guide to what you might find. - 2/2008
An Illustrated Checklist of the Living Conidae - Page 1: http://www.schnr-specimen-shells.com/ConidaeChecklist.html
An very large list of living cones. Many people involved in making list. A must for cone lovers. - 1/2008
Seashell-Collector: http://www.seashell-collector.com/index.htm
A nice shell site. Pictures to help in identify shells. Online articles and you can post articles on the site. A breeze to navigate not crowded - 1/2008
All About Shells: http://all-about-seashells.com
A very comprehensive list. I only went to a few links, fabrics, food, clubs, books, info., etc. Worth your time to check out. It seems to be a list in progress but many links. - 1/2008
CARLOS CARVALHO SHELLS COLLECTION, : http://www.shellscarvalho.com/
Nice site seems to be a work in progress. Thumbnail Pictures sharper than full size. Many pictures but some overlap text. A shell ID section. Worth your time to visit. - 1/2008
No Title: http://www.conchigliedelmediterraneo.it/
http://www.conchigliedelmediterraneo.it/. Very nice site, pictures sharp, clean, and with detail. Lots and lots of shells on site, a help to Mediterranean shell ID. A site worthy of a visit. - 1/2008
CONCHOLOGY ? The Art And Science of Nature at worldwideconchology.com: http://www.worldwideconchology.com/
A strange behaving site, multimedia, links, music, and strange behavior cause script errors, click yes to continue. Much info. Stay with it if have patients. Interesting pictures, colors poor, hard to read. Take a look. - 3/2007
Peter's Seashells: http://www.petersseashells.ca/
Well constructed site, lots of good pictures and information. Many, many links. Fast display of any page. Well worth a visit. - 3/2007
Welcome to www.shellmuseum.org: http://www.shellmuseum.org/
A good selection of categories to see, shells in art, shell money, etc. Information somewhat lacking, can be more detailed. Pictures fair. Colors on the computer I used were hard to see for me (all computers display pages differently). Some links to other sites. Worth a visit. - 3/2007
Ohio State University, Digitgal Murex: http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/~molluscs/murex28/index.htm
Excellent site, more than outstanding. Fast loading pages always a plus. Lots of info. And good pictures. Would take me a month or so to fully check this site. Of course it's a glowing review, what's my email? Check out all of the biological links, there is much more than just Digital Murex. - 3/2007
GastroClass: Gastropod Classification: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/gastroclass/
Too technical for this reviewer. No pictures, excellent list of links, good refrence list. Very good for researchers, site developed by the Natural History Museum of London. - 3/2007
The Shell Museum: http://www.shellmuseum.org
A good selection of categories to see, shells in art, shell money, etc. Information somewhat lacking, can be more detailed. Pictures fair. Colors on the computer I used were hard to see for me (all computers display pages differently). Some links to other sites. Worth a visit. - 2/2007
Mollusks Department MCZ: http://www.mcz.harvard.edu/Departments/Mollusks/
I might of reviewed this site before but don’t remember. The link to Malacology has one active link to marine Gastropods and one genus, it is under conestrction. In time, there will be links to Bivalves and Land Shells. There is a link to a library of books, papers, and journals. Some papers can be bought. The online collection can be searched, I tried a few searches, no pictures and incomplete data. In time, might will be improved - 1/2007
Malacolog: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences, PA: http://www.malacolog.org/wasp.php?mode=Distribution&locality=MA
Site not working correctly. I contacted the webmaster about it. Seems to be a nice site when it gets fixed. Put site in bookmark/favorites for future access. Looks to be a very useful site.
- 1/2007
Snail Survey In Vermont Becomes An Annual Event: http://www.jaxshells.org/vermont06.htm
In my “surfing” the web for shell information, I saw this. It is frfom an article from the Jacksonville Shell Club, it is written by Harry Lee, a COA member. I didn’t read it, more time for me to bring you Web Picks. Probably a “fun” annual event.
- 1/2007
A Flatbed Scanner for Seashells: http://www.cameras-scanners-flaar.org/Linotype-Hell_Saphir_Ultra_2/Linotype-Hell_scanning_3D.html
This site might be of interest to those of you who have a scanner. I guess a digital camera can be used instead and some of these ideas/suggestions can apply to cameras. Also, Hewlet Packard has a web site for scanners but one site is enough.
- 1/2007
Kings Country Library-Homework Help-Mollusks & Seashells: http://www.kcls.org/hh/seashells.cfm
A site for kids, young people will keep the hobby going. Also good for new collectors. Where is Kings County, FL? - 3/2006
Treasures from the Sea: http://www.kidspoint.org/columns2.asp?column_id=540&column_type=kpfun
Another kid’s page I came across. A long URL. A link to the Marine Museum of Virginia Beach. All About Seashells, and others. Teachers take a look. - 3/2006
Shell collecting __ Encyclopedia Britannica: http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9067255
Another long URL. An encyclopedia informational article with links to other articles. To get other articles, a free trial is required. Reviewer had a 23 volume collection of encyclopedias and the shell information inside is fantastic. The online encyclopedia might have a link to color plates used in the book form of the encyclopedia. - 3/2006
The Tree of Life Web Project, Home: http://tolweb.org/tree
Web site featured in American Conchologist, home page of an article (Spirula). Interesting if you like Evolution. If I got to Gastropods, Bivalves, Chitons, Tusks, etc. you can. Pictures with scientific names only, can figure out species by Generic name. Can be tricky to navigate but stick with it if investigate. - 3/2006
Title?The Captured Cowry: http://www.cowrys.org
This reviewer doesn’t like the background color, hard to see (blue with black text, red links). Mostly deals with Hawaiian Cowries. Some pictures, in process of updating. There is an archive section of articles, research section, and a more collector orientated section. Frame enabled site, don’t like. Site mostly devoted to Hawaiian Cowries, can be adapted to Cowries worldwide. Links to some clubs, scuba collecting, cleaning, etc. Many links to infomation, may be hard to use but if you like Cowries, a must see site. - 2/2006
