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Information about shell collecting, articles, an extensive image gallery, an online museum, lists of land and marine snails, and collecting trip travelogues.
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Malakos.com Collectors and experts often admit having, without much need to argue, misantropic feelings. They confirm, and really do, that they have cared more for the unanimated things than for the people in general terms. The other ones to get surprised...Extensive site with shell news, cowries for sale, species checklists, and shell collecting links.
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Cypraea Cypraeidae Cowries Felix Lorenz Lorenz is changing servers www.cowries.info CLICK HERE Cypraea Cypraeidae Cowries Felix Lorenz WAECO Kühlbox Onlineshop Weinkühler Weinklimaschrank Xenon D2R D2R...Promotes collection-based research on shells and mollusks with emphasis on southwest Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. Located in Sanibel, Florida.
http://www.shellmuseum.org/
Bibliographic information geared toward amateur and young collectors.
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmnh/mollusk1.htm
Designed for shell collectors with a variety of interests in the hobby and science of conchology, and for anyone who has ever been fascinated with the beauty and diversity of sea and land shells.
http://www.worldwideconchology.com
Information about mollusks and other marine invertebrates for shell collectors and professionals.
http://www.ofseaandshore.com/
Bibliographic material on famous conchologists.
http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu:80/~ksc...logists/FamousMalacologists.html
Frequently asked questions about seashell collecting from the San Diego Natural History Museum.
http://www.sdnhm.org/research/marine-inverts/shellfaq.html
Photo gallery of snail shells.
http://members.tripod.com/~millarca/astraea.html
Information about seashell collecting, with articles, pictures, and living shells in water tanks. Written by collectors, for collectors. Site in both English and French.
http://www.seashell-collector.com/
Exchanging shells and information about Olividae and other mollusks.
http://www.geocities.com/olividae
A how to guide on cleaning, preserving and identifying seashells, sealife, and sanddollars found while beachcombing.
http://www.seashells.org
Shell collecting information from a South African collector. Site includes computer programs for collection management, landsnail information, microscope photography, and artwork.
http://home.global.co.za/~peabrain
Virtual exhibit from the McClung Museum.
http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/specex/shells/shells.htm
A forum for informal discussions of molluscan biology, taxonomy, natural history, evolution, conservation, and collection-related subjects.
http://erato.acnatsci.org:80/conchnet/conch-l.html
Personal site of Dr. David Touitou, with articles about shells, shell collecting expeditions. Many photos, including some of living seashells.
http://membres.lycos.fr/seashells/
Webring with sites related to shell collecting.
http://E.webring.com/hub?ring=seashells&list
Collector's site with pictures of both live shelled animals and cleaned shells, shell show information, shell auction, and other resources for collectors.
http://www.george-shells.com/
Description of several families and species with pictures of shells. Site in both French and English.
http://abbas0.chez.tiscali.fr/
Site devoted to shell trading, offers listings for those interested in exchanging shells with other collectors.
http://www.marginella.com
Information about collecting mollusk shells, from a collector in Tennessee. Also contains shell trading information and extensive links.
http://mariah.stonemarche.org/shells/shells.htm
Shell collecting information and shells for sale.
http://www.conchology.be/
Features photographs of shells from a personal collection.
http://vickyshells.tripod.com
Japanese collector's photo gallery and shell collecting and trading information. Site in both English and Japanese.
http://park19.wakwak.com/~philn/shell/index-e.html