American Conchologist Library
Articles in American Conchologist are not copyrighted; we welcome republication with proper credit. We solicit comments, letters and shell-related articles of interest, subject to editing. Opinions expressed in articles are not necessarily the opinions of Conchologists of America. All correspondence pertaining to articles published herein or generated by republication of such articles should be directed to the editor of American Conchologist. The American Conchologist quarterly journal is available with Conchologists of America membership.
Combined INDEX to volumes 1-51 of the COA Bulletin and American Conchologist (.pdf)
Bulletin AND American Conchologist now available online:
Bulletin of the Conchologists of America: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/201543
Volumes 1-9 [1973]-(1981:June) and Nos. 1-24
Volumes 1-9 [1973]-(1981:June) and Nos. 1-24
American Conchologist: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/156432
Volumes 10-15 No.1 (1981:Sept. - 1987:Mar.)
Articles are listed alphabetically by title. The date the article was published in the American Conchologist is listed in parenthesis at the end of the citation.
- 15 Years Collecting Around São Sebastião, São Paulo, Brazil, by Jose Coltro (December 1997)
- Achatina fulica (Bowdich, 1822): A New Old Problem, by Jose Coltro (June 1997)
- After the Big Blow . . . , by Patty Jansen (Australia) (June 1997)
- Bad News for Brazilian Land Snails, Jose Coltro (September 1996)
- Brazilian Seashells: An Unexplored World, by Jose Coltro (March 1997)
- Collecting In The Solomons -- June 1996, by Gene Everson (June 1997)
- Do You Really Know About Shells?, by Jose Coltro (September 1997)
- Donating Collections, Gary Rosenberg (March 1998)
- Edgar Allen Poe: Conchologist, Tom Eichhorst (December 2009)
- Freshwater Shells -- The Excitement of Discovery, by Brian L. McElaney (March 1997)
- Growth Rings and Longevity in Bivalves, by Dr. Douglas S. Jones (March 1989)
- How Deep is Deep? Museum Hunting for the Deepest Atlantic Mollusks, José H. Leal (December 1996)
- Isolation and Evolution of the Amphidromus in Nusa Tenggara, by Richard L. Goldberg & Mike Severns (June 1997)
- Junonia, by S. Peter Dance (June 1997)
- Kentucky Fossils: The Falls of the Ohio, by Gene Everson (December 1998)
- Landsnail Collecting in Indonesia, Neil Fahy (December 1995)
- Landsnails and Scenery in Malaysia, Neil Fahy (September 1996)
- Large Cache of Diamonds Found on Florida Beach!, Linda Brunner (September 1996)
- Lumping and Splitting, Gary Rosenberg (June 1996)
- The many Faces of Vexillum (Costellaria) sanguisugum (Linnaeus, 1758), by Bob Purtymun (June 1997)
- Mollusckque -- Mollusk vs Mollusc, Gary Rosenberg (September 1996)
- Mussel Collecting in Kansas, Karen Couch (December 1995)
- Navigating Libraries, by Gary Rosenberg (June 1997)
- New Western Atlantic Gastropods, Gary Rosenberg (December 1997)
- North American Freshwater Mussels, Thomas G. Watters (June and September 1994)
- Notice of Seizure!, Gary Rosenberg (December 1996)
- One Last Look at the Muricidae, Emily H. Vokes (December 1996)
- Papua New Guinea -- A Land of Contrasts, by "Henry A. Martens" (June 1997)
- Quiz: Know your Cones, Betty Hunter (June 1996)
- Quiz: Know your Cowries, Betty Hunter (March 1996)
- Quiz: Know your Muricidae, Betty Hunter (March 1997)
- Quiz: Know Your Volutidae, by Betty Hunter (September 1997)
- Report from the West Hawaii Explorations Academy, *Special to Conch-Net*
- Robert Tucker Abbott, 1919 - 1995, Lynn Scheu (December 1995)
- Scallop Dump Memories, by Charlotte Lloyd (March 1997)
- The "Silver Edition", COA'S Twenty-fifth Anniversary, by Jean Roe, COA Secretary (September 1997)
- Sinai SCUBA Safari with Isaac, the crazy Israeli, Charles Glass (March 1996)
- Tales from Oceanic Islands: The Biogeography of Insular Marine Gastropods from off Brazil, by José H. Leal (December 1989)
- The Tampico Pearlymussel, by Bob Howell (June 1996)
- Through a Looking Glass: Micromollusks, by Ross Gunderson (March 1997)
- Byne’s Disease - Questions and Answers , by Paul Callomon (September 2002)
- What's the good name?, Gary Rosenberg (September 1997)
- Why Do Shells Have Their Colors?, Gary Rosenberg (March 1997)
- Why Do We Collect Shells?, by Deborah Wills (September 1997)
Reviews
- Marine Shells of Northeast Florida, Harry G. Lee (November 2009)
- Seashells of Southern Florida, Living Marine Mollusks of the Florida Keys and Adjacent Regions: Bivalves, Thomas E. Eichhorst(March 2008)
- Lovell Augustus Reeve (1814-1865): malacological author and publisher, Thomas E. Eichhorst (March 2008)
- Atlas of Florida Fossil Shells (Pliocene and Pleistocene Marine Gastropods), by Edward J. Petuch, Ph.D. (December 1995)
- Common Seashells of Coastal Northern Queensland, by Patty Jansen (March 1997)
- Coral Reef Animals of the Indo-Pacific: Animal life from Africa to Hawai'i exclusive of the vertebrates , by Terrence M. Gosliner, David W. Behrens and Gary C. Williams. (December 1996)
- Inner Dimensions, The Radiographic World of William Conklin, by William Conklin (December 1995)
- Marine Life of the North Atlantic: Canada to New England, by Andrew J. Martinez and Richard A. Harlow (December 1995)
- The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list, by Yves Finet Geneva (December 1996)
- Marine Molluscs of the Galapagos No. 1 Gastropods: A monograph and revision of the families Haliotidae, Scissurellidae, Fissurellidae and Lottiidae, by Yves Finet (December 1996)
- Marine Molluscs of the Galapagos No. 2 Gastropods: A monograph and revision of the families Trochidae, Skeneidae, Turbinidae and Nertitidae, by Yves Finet (December 1996)
- Les Muricidae d'Afrique occidentale, by Roland Houart (March 1997)
- Registry of World Record Size Shells, by Kim C. Hutsell, Linda L. Hutsell and Donald L. Pisor (September 1997)
- Seashells of Central New South Wales: A Survey of the Shelled Marine Molluscs of the Sydney Metropolitan Area and Adjacent Coasts, by Patty Jansen. (June 1996)
- Seashells of Eastern Arabia, by Donald T. Bosch, S. Peter Dance, Robert G. Moolenbeek and P. Graham Oliver. Edited by S. Peter Dance. (December 1996)
- Software for Collectors: Two Invaluable Programs for the Collector from DeLorme Mapping Software, by G. Thomas Watters(June 1996)
- Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel Volume 9 The Mollusca Part 2: The Gastropoda, by James H. McLean and Terrence M. Gosliner. (June 1997)
- The World's Most Beautiful Seashells, by Leonard Hill and Pete Carmichael (December 1995)
News & Short Subjects
- Short Subjects from September, 1995
- Fresh Water, Salt Water, and Sealife; Great Scallop Search Turns up 6; Life's Beginnings Pushed Back Once Again; Ocean Planet. . . A Totally Immersing Experience
- Short Subjects from March, 1996
- ARGONAUTA Publishes Cone Articles; Land Shell Lovers, Take Note; Lure of the Liguus; New Species Named for COA Members; News of the American Museum; Raising Clams; Shells of Belgium; South African Shells on Stamps
- Short Subjects from September, 1996
- MALACOLOG / CLEMAM -- A Marine Molluscan Database; Unitas Malacologia
