• A Picture Guide to Shelf Invertebrates from the Northern Gulf of Mexico: (June 2004)This guide was assembled to assist NOAA/NMFS personnel with at-sea identification of invertebrates caught during their Groundfish and Pelagic cruises.

• Abalone: Man and Mollusc's Gastropod Page
  

• Acquario Comunale Grosseto - molluschi ( Italian Site)
  

• Adriatic:
  • Shells of the High Adriatic
  • Shells of the Adriatic: by Rudolf Neuhofer
  
  

• Alboran Shells: by Franco Gubbioli & Marthe Bellocq: This site is dedicated to marine shells of the Alboran Sea and North West Africa.

• The Algorithmic Beauty of Sea Shells: by Brian Hayes new listing (April 2002) not a new article (May-June 1995)

• : a new directory (May 2005) for anything and everything related to seashells

• Animal Diversity Web University of Michigan Museum of Zoology:  Molluscs are bilaterally symmetrical eumetazoans. They have a true coelom (eucoelom) which is formed by the splitting of embryonic mesodermal masses (schizocoely). Development is protostomous.   Mollusk Division We

• Annotated Catalog of Malacological Meetings: Including Symposia and Workshops in Malacology:   by Eugene V. Coan:  Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol Road, Santa Barbara, California 93105, U.S.A. and Alan R. Kabat:  Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560-0118, U.S.A. As a much needed bibliographic tool, an annotated catalog is given of the symposia and workshops that have been held at malacological and generalist meetings over the past six decades, together with their resulting publications. Particularly detailed emphasis is given to the meetings of Unitas Malacologica, the American Malacological Society (Union), and the Western Society of Malacologists.  Also available in PDF format.

• ANSP Malacology Collection:    This is the University of Minnesota Computer & Information Services:  Gopher Consultant service.  direct link to  Malacology Collection:   direct link to Publications

• Aplacophora:

• Aplysia:

• The NIH/University of Miami National Resource for Aplysia Facility at the Rosenstiel of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences provides high quality, laboratory cultured Aplysia for biomedical researchers throughout the world.
  

• Aqualife Gallery: Many pictures of living mollusks. Many of them are sea slugs, but there are also many shelled molluscs shown.

• Aquariums: Museums, Universities, Laboratories, Aquariums Institutes and Other Great Shell Collections

• Archaemalacologists: 'Malacoarchaeology/Archaeomalacology*' is the study of molluscan remains from archaeological sites.

• Art, Architecture & Art Forms:

• Atlantic:  A most pleasurable site.  It’s kept well up-to-date by Luis (aka ADzivo)

• Auctions:  For shells and other great stuff.  This can be a useful place to locate shells. BUT BE CAREFUL.  Know the value of the item you are bidding on.  Set a maximum bid in your mind.  Don’t go over it!.  Bidding can be contagious and you end up paying far more than you would from a reputable dealer.

• Australian Shells Homepage:  site owned by Capricornica Publications Natural History Books:  an on-line identification guide for Australian shells.

• Bioflourescence:

  • A Survey of Biological Fluorescence

   

• Bailey Matthews Shell Museum: A great eductional site

  • Sanibel Shells: "This selection of images depicts shells from the collection of The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum. All were collected, at different times and by many collectors, on the island of Sanibel or close vicinities. This is not an exhaustive account of Sanibel mollusks, just a nice selection "for the delight of your eyes and mind."
    

• Black Sea: Gastropoda of the Black Sea, by Butakov, E.A.; Chuhchin, V.D.; Cherkasova, M.B.; and Lelekov, S.G. 1997.

• British Columbia, Canada

• British Columbia Creature Page:    Explore The Animals That Live Under British Columbia's Ocean Waters.   Great page with lots of info and images on mollusks from that area.
• Seashells of British Columbia: by Peter Egerton: "This Web site is devoted to the many species of shelled molluscs found on our coast.

• bionet.molbio.molluscs:  Discussions about research on mollusc DNA. (Moderated)

• Bivalves:

• Books, Periodicals, etc:  

• Brachiopods: Even though not a mollusc, I’ve placed them on this list as there is a lot of similarity and interest in them

• Euro Branchs Net everything on brachiopoda:  This Web site gets the directory of the specialists working on brachiopods, the Brachiopodologists.
  2002: EuroBrachNet and WordlBrachNet have joined to become Br@chNet
  and moved to http://paleopolis.rediris.es/BrachNet/
  and to http://www.com.univ-mrs.fr/BrachNet/index.htm
  a mirror site is also available at http://emig.free.fr/BrachNet/

• For more Marine links on Braciopods, go to Manand Molluscs Marine Animal page at: Click HERE
  
  

• Bulletin Board for Conchologists and Malacologists:

• Bynes Disease:
  • Fighting Bynes Disease by Ted Davies
  • What's Eating My Shells by Ted Davies
  • More entries and discussions on Bynes Disease

• Californias Shell:

  • Shells of California & Baja, Mexico: by Rick Negus

• Canary Islands Mollusks:  Malacologia  by Ricardo Vega Luz;  Over the years, I have deepened my knowledge of the malacofauna of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain), publishing in "Malakos" on the island's 'Cymatium and 'Bursa.

• Careers: Ocean-Related Professional Careers: This page is provided as a service to those interested in pursuing an Ocean-Related Career and is intended for self-directed learning. Please don't ask me for career advice. I'm not an oceanographer or a marine biologist. I am a retired nurse with a love for molluscs. I cannot provide informed career advice for marine biology and oceanography.

• Center for Biodiversity:  Illinois Natural History Survey, Center for Biodiversity web page. Dr. Geoffrey Levin, Center Directory: following this link you will find information related to the scientific collections at the Illinois Natural History Survey. Contains a separate Malacology Information Page with information on research projects, endangered and threatened molluscs, collections, malacologists and publications

• Cephalopods:

• Children’s Sites:

• Chilean Sea Shells: A site dedicated to shells from Chile, Easter Island and Juan Fernandez Island. Webmaster is Veronica Ramirez   /  La página contiene fotos e información sobre Caracoles y Conchas Chilenas Continentales y de:Isla de Pascua e Isla Juan Fernández;  Además tiene Link a el web de la sociedad Malacologica Chilena

• Chitons: (Polyplacophora):

• Classification and Taxonomy:

• Clubs, Societies and Unions:
  • International

  • USA

• Collecting Shells:  Everything from beach combing to cleaning and storing your shells

• Commercial Sales of Shells:  This is just as it says.  All these sites are shell and/or book dealers. This is an impersonal list.  I do not know many of these dealers personally and do not give credence to any dealer on this list.   Research a dealer just as you would any other store.  Shop around a bit, talk to (phone or email) the seller.  Make sure you know and understand their policies for grading shells and how you pay for the shell and if shipping charges are involved. 

• Concholi: by Kobie du Preez; "This page is all about shells and snails… Navigate to different parts with the links on the frame to your left. Some of the pages are still under construction, please bear with me…."

• Conchological Collections:

• Man and Mollusc's Museums, Universities, Laboratories, Aquariums Institutes and Other Great Shell Collections
• Worldwide list of mollusk research collections:  Recent & Fossil Mollusca:  compiled by   Kevin S. Cummings;  Illinois Natural History Survey, Center for Biodiversity, Champaign, Illinois, USA 61820

 

• Cones:

• Conservation Issues:

  • Species Survival Commission: The Conservation Biology of Molluscs SSC Occasional Paper No. 9: "Recognizing the importance of molluscs in the life of humankind and the significant roles they play in ecosystems, the Mollusc Specialist Group (MSG) believes that continuing loss of mollusc diversity is detrimental not only to ecosystems around the world, but, in the long run, to the welfare of humankind itself"

• Coral Reef Creatures: images by:DOUGLAS A. SEGAR and ELAINE STAMMAN SEGAR

  • Molluscs
    

• Cowries (Cypraea):

• Crafts:  Shell Crafting Ideas:  Crafty ideas on what to do with shells

• Crimean land snails site: By Sergey Leonov: Site maily in Russian but there is some English.

• Cyber Shell Museum:from Korea impressive images and all the bells and whistlesof an ultra modern web site. That said, there is minimal written information; however it is well worth the visit.
  

• Czech Republic and Slovakia: (March 08, 2003)

  • Stránky o mekkýších: Michal Manas Vítejte na stránkách o mekkýších:
    Most pages are in Czech language. Although you can find some usefull information here. Short abstract about these pages: These pages are about molluscs (Mollusca), mainly Central European species of snails (Gastropoda) and mussels (Bivalvia).
    

• Data Bases, Other Links Sites & Libraries:

• Darts
  • The Biology of Gastropod Molluscs: Nervous System, Behaviour, Reproduction: by Ronald Chase
  • Joris M. Koene: The evolution of the love dart in land snails (Stylommatophora)and Behavioural and neurobiological aspects of dart shooting in the garden snail Helix aspersa (Thesis: © Joris M. Koene)
  • PDF File from OK State

   

• Digital Murex: "The Division of Molluscs, Ohio State University Museum of Biological Diversity, has a new website: Digital Murex.
  Digital Murex was several years in preparation. It illustrates over 750 species of the Muricidae (including Rapaninae and the "typhids," but not the Coralliophilidae). More species will be added as they become available. Better photos will be added as time permits.

Discussion Groups:

• Conch-L: Conch-L Listserve is sponsored by the Conchologists of America and  is hosted by the University of Georgia
• Liguus Discussion Board : This discussion board began (2005) as an offshoot of my interest in Liguus,
  but has been expanded to include all non-marine snails.

• DNA:
  • Extraction protocols for molluscan DNA: posted by Dr. Andrew G. McArthur

• Dr David Skingsley's interactive pages: "I'm a researcher looking at molluscan mucus, as well as the role of mollusca in environmental monitoring. "
  Dr David R Skingsley, Senior Lecturer in Animal Biology, Staffordshire University.
  School of Sciences (Biology Division)
  College Road, Stoke-on-Trent

Edible Molluscan Data Base by Man and Mollusc:

Edible Molluscs Articles:

• Are land Snails a Signature for Mesolithic-Neolithic Transition:
  by Dr. David Lubell
• Prehistoric Edible Land Snails in the circum - Mediterranean: The archaeological Evidence: by Dr. David Lubell
• Prehistoric Shellfish Gathering by Katherine Szabo: (Feb. 01, 2002) A great article on the the use of of prehistoric mollusc consumption.

• Educational Sites:  Teachers, Educators and Students this is a good area to find information for classroom presentations.  There are even a few lesson plans available.

• Egg Cases
• “Marine Mollusk Eggcases”  © 1997 by Deborah Wills (dwills@HiWAAY.net)

• Notes on molluscan egg cases

• Endangered Molluscs:

Extinctions:

• American Museum of Natural History: Recently Extinct Mollusks
• Rare and threatened or lost at sea? by Tim Allen Coordinator, Marine and Coastal Community Network
  

Fakes:

• Conchology.be: article: Fake shells from the Philippines Guido T. Poppe 5 Dec. 2002
• also see Related Page:
  

Florida Shells:

Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum: "We have a added a new section on the shells of Sanibel Island to the web site of The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum This selection depicts shells from the Shell Museum collection. All were collected, at different times and by many collectors, on Sanibel or close vicinities. This section will not be an exhaustive account of Sanibel mollusks, just a nice selection "for the delight of your eyes and mind" and an aid to research on local species." José H. Leal, Ph.D., Director Florida Museum Of Natural History - Malacological Database:  The Malacology Collection Databases are part of the FLMNH Malacology collection Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory (Panacea, Florida):  Marine Animals Catalog Jacksonville Shell Club: many excellent articles (901 pages!!) and links to all things shelly in Florida. Just to mention a few: Checklist of Peanut Island Marine Mollusks: Peanut Island Mollusks;  425 species Florida Mollusc Checklist:  The following checklists were compiled and are regularly updated by Jacksonville Shell Club member Harry Lee: Jacksonville's Best Shelling Bets: by Bill Frank (Jacksonville Shell Club Page) also contains a link to the The Department of Parks, Recreation and Entertainment of Jacksonville

• Fossils:

• Forums:
  • Mactan Shells:
• Molluscan Pictures.com: ..."you are needed to help in contributing your ideas, queries, answers, and whatever that's shell. No registration required. You can 'attach' shell photos ..."

• French Caribbean Shells:
  • French Caribbean Islands Seashells: texts in French & English:  See on this interactive CD-Rom the Seashells of the French West-Indies through more of 330 species of shells. You can also in these pages download a sharewareversion of this software.

• Freshwater & Terrestrials:

• Fun And Games:

• Gastropods:  Marine  or  Terrestrial & Freshwater

• Glossaries, Word Roots, etc:

• Government Agencies & Major Nongovernmental Organizations:

• Grading Shells: A selection of sites from some of our commercial shell dealers on how they grade shells:
  • Comments by Ross Mayhew of Schooner Specimen Shells
  • Mactam Shells: Gaylord
    
  • Worldwide Conchology: by Richard L. Goldberg

   

• Guam Shells: by Bob Abela: (April 01, 2003): "Hi all, this website is primarily to post images of living mollusks and shells from Guam. ..."

• Habitats:

  • Mollusc Habitats: by Dr Gary Rosenberg;  Find out where molluscs live

• Hardy, Eddie;  Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods, Version 7.00:  “A partly illustrated catalogue of Gastropods with references to books in my small library and some guidelines on how I have put this together plus update history…”  Don’t miss this amazing site! Now Common Names Index is available.

• Hawaiian Molluscs:

  • Bishop Museum
    • Hawaii marine invertebrate checklist (4096 records as of 29 August 2000)
      
    • Native Hawaiian land and freshwater snails checklist (1220 records as of 1 May 1996)
      

  Alien Hawaiian land and freshwater snails checklist (revised 22 January 1997)

• Hawaii Coral Reef Network: Mollusks: "Approximately 1000 species of mollusks occur in Hawaiian waters, 20 percent of which occur nowhere else in the world...."

• Hawaiian Shell News: (USA)  Editor/Web Master:  Wesley M. Thorsson   Monthly educational magazine of the Hawaiian Malacological Society providing information about mollusks of all kinds to shell collectors and professional malacologists

• Hawaiian Shell News Now Available on Concholgy, Inc.

• The Cowie Lab at UH Manoa
  • Samoan Snail Project

  • Tentacle
    
    

• Heliciculture:  See raising your own snails on the Related Page

 

• ICZN: "The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) is the official body responsible for providing and regulating the system for ensuring that every animal has a unique and universally accepted scientific name. Its financial and management affairs are handled by the International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature (ITZN), a charity (not-for-profit company) registered in the UK. .." The code (ICZN) is now on-line.

• Image Sites: 

• Interactions Bewtween Molluscs and Other Phyla:
  • Interactions between Molluscs and othe Phyla: short note by Dr. David Campbell

  • Parasitic Mollusca:  An overview to some families with parasitic life-strategies in the phylum Mollusca:  by Felix Lorenz (Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen)

• International Malacological Societies, Clubs and Associations:

• Invasions and Exotics:

  • Exotic terrestrial molluscs in BC

• Invertebrate eyes and the evolution of vision: By Dr. Paul Patton

• Japanese / English Shell Site: "Info Shells' WWWBoard: Your any questions, comments, and publicities are welcome about Mollusks. Your message is welcome! And please use english or Japanese.

• Keys for Identification:

  • Dynamic Identification for Gastropod Species from the South Florida Area
  • Bivalves
  • Gastropods
    
    
• Labeling Your Shells:
• Data Labels; The Tragedy And The Comedy:  By Bill Frank
  

• Law: 
  • Shell Collecting and the Laws:  Article by Carole Marshall
  • CITES:  (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species)
  • Endangered Species Act (ESA)
  • Florida’s Sheller Guide:  from the Jacksonville Shell Club’s web page.
  • Government Links Page
  • Israel: Legalities of collecting shells in Israel by Henk Menis

   

• The Linnean Society of London: a Living Forum for Biology

• Living Molluscs:  Located on the Images page under the title Mollusca, Living.

• The Living World of Molluscs: by Robert Nordsieck, (Austria) "The subsequent pages "The living world of molluscs" (http://www.weichtiere.at/) are supposed to provide interested users, laymen as well as specialists, with information on the world of molluscs. The text is, as possible, written in simple language and thus can be used in school as well as in university, using the pages as complete research media or using single pages."
  Site search engine, good images, movie clips and a forum are some of the pages to be viewed and enjoyed on this German/ English site.
  

• Living Shells Pictures GALLERY: By Seashell Collector.com

• Louisiana: "Report on molluscan species found in the offshore waters of Louisiana, including many extensions of known range and un-named species..." by E. F. García and H. G. Lee
  

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