Selected Sources of Information on Mollusks

U.S. Journals and Malacological Societies

American Conchologist. Conchologists of America. For subscription information, write to Lynn Scheu, Editor, 1222 Holsworth Lane, Louisville, KY 40222.

American Malacological Bulletin. American Malacological Union. For subscription information, write to Eugene P. Keferl, Dept. of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. Coastal Georgia Community College, 3700 Altama Ave., Brunswick, GA 31520-3644.

Indo-Pacific Mollusca. Delaware Museum of Natural History. Past issues may be obtained by writing to the Delaware Museum of Natural History, Malacology Department, Box 3937, Wilmington, DE 19807.

Malacologia. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. For subscription information, write the Department of Malacology, Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103.

Malacological Review. Museum of Zoology, The University of Michigan. For subscription information, write to Malacological Review, P.O. Box 792, St. Peters, MO 63376.

Monographs of Marine Mollusca. For subscription information, write to P.O. Box 7279, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Publication schedule irregular.

The Nautilus. The Baily-Matthews Shell Museum. For subscription information, write to Dr. Jose H. Leal, P.O. Box 1580, 3075 Sanibel-Captiva Rd., Sanibel Island, FL 33957.

The Veliger. California Malacological Society. For subscription information, write Dr. Henry Chaney, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105.

Western Society of Malacologists. For information, write to Dr. H. W. Chaney, 1633 Posilipo Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93108.

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Catalog of Shell Prices

Rice, Tom. A Catalog of Dealers' Prices for Marine Shells, Including Freshwater & Terrestrial Shells. Of Sea and Shore Publications; P.O. Box 219; Port Gamble, WA 98364.

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Larger Collections of Mollusks in United States Institutions

Atlantic States

Division of Mollusks, National Museum of Natural History, MRC:NHB 118, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560.

Department of Malacology, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 19th and The Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103.

Department of Malacology, Delaware Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 3937, Wilmington, DE 19807-0937.

Department of Living Invertebrates, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St., New York, NY 10024.

Department of Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138.

Middle Western States

Lower Invertebrates, Department of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605.

Division of Mollusks, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 1109 Washtenaw, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.

Department of Mollusks, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Carnegie Institute, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213.

Pacific States and Hawaiian Islands

Department of Invertebrate Zoology, California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118.

Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105.

Department of Marine Invertebrates, Natural History Museum, P.O. Box 1390, San Diego, CA 92112.

Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90007.

Department of Malacology, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, P.O. Box 19000-A, Honolulu, HI 96817.

For access information to those collections not on public display, consult the web sites for the respective museums.

Worldwide list of mollusk research collections:. . . http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cbd/main/collections/mollusk_links/museumlist.html

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Some Mollusca WWW Sites

Conchologists of America:. . . .http://www.conchologistsofamerica.org/home/

Internet resources for conchologists:. . . . . . .http://fly.hiwaay.net/~dwills/

Mollia:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mologis/mollia.html

National Fish and Wildlife Service:. . . . http://www.fws.gov/

Shellfish:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://www.shellfish.org

Smithsonian Institution
Department of Invertebrate Zoology: . . . . . .http://invertebrates.si.edu/

Worldwide list of mollusk research collections:. . . http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cbd/main/collections/mollusk_links/museumlist.html

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Prepared by the Department of Invertebrate Zoology,
National Museum of Natural History, in cooperation with Public Inquiry Services,
Smithsonian Institution

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