Kingdom of the Seashell
R. Tucker Abbot: Dupont Chair of Malacology, Delaware Museum of Natural History
Crown Publishers Second printing, 1975

Shells & Shell Collecting
S. Peter Dance, University of California
Press, Berkely & Los Angeles, 1966

Spirals from the Sea: An Anthropological Look at Shells
Jane Fearer Safer and Franchises McLaughlin Gill 
published by Clarkson N Potter, Inc/Publishers, 1982

The Romance of Shells in Nature and Art
Louise Allderdice Travers 
Avenel Books a div. of Crown Publishers

The Shell: Gift of the Sea
Hugh and Margaret Stix & R. Tucker Abbott 
Abradale Pree/Harry N. Abrams Inc., New York, 1984

A Conchological Iconography
edited by Conch Books 
Kurt Kreipl & Guido T. Poppe, 1999

Encarta 98 Encyclopedia
CD - Microsoft, 1998.

Shells: An Illustrated Guide to a Timeless and Fascinating World
Mary Saul 
Doubleday & Company, Inc. New York 1974

Shell Shock: Conchological Curiosities
Patrick Mauries 
Thames & Hudson Ltd., London 1994