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This page was last updated November 21, 2009.
GENERAL MALACOLOGY LINKS
Let's Talk Seashells: Bivalve Species Discussions
On bivalves and other mollusks. Marlo Krisberg has carefully compiled the most up to date
information on Florida species, illustrated with excellent photographs.  

Western Atlantic Bivalves
Beautiful photographs, by Bill Frank and other photographers, of Florida and Caribbean
bivalves from Bill Frank's website: jaxshells.org
Conchologists of America, Inc. - Also known as COA, this is the major organization for shell
collectors in the United States. The website has practical information on collecting, links to
other shell sites, and interesting articles. For a low yearly membership fee, members
receive a beautiful quarterly magazine.

Bailey Matthews Shell Museum  -  Very interesting website with lots of resources and
information, from this well known shell museum in Sanibel, Florida

Malacolog - this website, created by Gary Rosenberg, Ph.D. (Academy of Natural Science
in Philadelphia) contains a large database with taxonomic and biogeographic information on
Western Atlantic mollusks.

Jacksonville Shell Club - this is a huge website filled with shell photographs for
identification, articles, and Florida species lists. The site was created and is maintained by
Bill Frank. Be sure to read some of the articles by Harry G. Lee, M.D.

Bahamianseashells.com - the website of Bahamianseashells.com, Inc., the publisher of the
best book on Bahamian and Caribbean seashells, Bahamian Seashells: A Thousand
Species from Abaco, Bahamas by Colin Redfern. This excellent book is also very useful for
Florida shell collectors.
SHELL CLUBS

St. Petersburg Shell Club

Astronaut Trail Shell Club    (Melbourne, Florida)

Jacksonville Shell Club

Englewood Shell Club    (Florida)

Sarasota Shell Club

Philadelphia Shell Club

The Chicago Shell Club

Boston Shell Club

Houston Conchology Society

North Texas Conchological Society

North Carolina Shell Club

Northern Alabama Shell Club

San Diego Shell Club

CenPenn Beachcombers Shell Club  (Central Pennsylvania)

Oregon Society of Conchologists  

Pacific Conchological Club ( Los Angeles, CA)

British Shell Collector's Club

Italian Malacology Society (Societa Italiana di Malacologia)

Dutch Malacological Society

Guam Shell Club

Malacological Society Of Australasia

Sydney (Australia) Shell Club

The Malacological Society Of London
BLOGS & FORUMS

Snail's Tails - a fascinating blog on snails, slugs, natural history and evolution by Aydin
Orstan.

Let's Talk Seashells! - an online forum on malacology and shell collecting that explores
numerous topics, and has feature articles with photographs.

Conch-L
Conchology Forum - you can browse the archives or get daily emails on the subject.
Shell Clubs, bloggers & webmasters: Please send me your links! Thanks.
Email: bivalvenews@anadarapress.com
OTHER INTERESTING WEBSITES

LIVE WEB CAMS at Monterey Bay Aquarium

Underwatertimes.com - "the world's leading news source for the
underwater world"

OBIS - Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Mollusk Bibliography Database

TONMO - The Octopus News Magazine Online
BIVALVE LINKS