This site is all about Shell collecting - mainly
"Specimen shells", which are what a shell collector collects.
Welcome to the Wild and Wonderful World of Conchology (ie, shell
collecting (seashells, landsnails or both))!! If you already
collect specimen shells, or if you are looking for a fascinating
new
hobby, we hope you will find what you need on our site. Please come
on in and enjoy!
Welcome to our humble seashells and Conchology site.
We have enriched our Features section
recently, and hope you will find them enjoyable and interesting......or
you could just skip directly to the Worldwide
Specimen Shells lists(seashells and landsnails) (hint, hint!),
or the new Exeptional Items page,
where we put some of our Brightest and Best!
...............................................................................
Virtually
Yours,
............................................................................................ Ross
Mayhew.
Feature
Guide
1)Illustrated
Checklist of the Living Conidae: A well researched
annotated and illustrated checklist of the species, subspecies and described
(i.e., named) forms of Living Conidae: over 900 taxa covered.
2) Pecten
Palace: Pectinidae was my "First
Love" in the shell world: the most popular bivalve family, it has incredibly
variable colors and patterns guaranteed to please almost everybody.
3) Weird
and Fun Facts: From
my Internet Wanderings, a VERY miscellaneous compilation of those begged,
borrowed and stolen bits of information - some that are fun to pull
out of your hat at a party (ex: "On the average piece of green land, there
are over 50,000 spiders!"), while other entries explore interesting topics
in more depth - for your eyes only!
4)SPACE
SHELLS ART GALLERY:We
are pleased to offer a SPLENDEDLY Bizzare
collection of imaginative Shell Art (all seashells, no landlubbers!) sent
our way from far away land of Taiwan. The images will charm your socks
off, so why not take a peek!! Space
Shells Gallery
5) Worldwide
specimen shells list (seashells and landsnails):
(Updated
November, 2007): We try to offer a wide
variety of families and species (of both seashells and landsnails)-
hopefully a little "something for nearly everyone"!! Both our grading and
our pricing policies are conservative, to give you the best value for your
"shell-shopping-dollar", and our returns policy is absolute. I try to obtain
a good selection of UNUSUAL ITEMS- specimen
shells of unusual color, pattern, shape ("FREAKS"), or from uncommon localities.
Also, i am fascinated by the Variation of
seashells, especially within any given population, and whenever
possible, put together the most contrasting Variation
Sets or Series possible, given the material at hand- i urge you,
the Gentle Customer, to give these a try- you may be QUITE pleasantly surprised!!
6) Conchological
Links Page:This
is a "Best-of-the-Web" seashells & such affair, where YOU
get an opportunity to nominate your favorite shell-related sites in various
categories, such as "Best Designed Conchological Site", "Best seashells
or landsnails Pictures", Most Useful Specimen shells Links Site" and "Best
All-Round Conchological Site". Why not take part in the fun??!
7) Ecological
Resources on the Web:(use the "Back" function
to return here.) A "Links-to-Links" page, to point the reader
towards the most comprehensive and useful sites related to general Ecological
and Marine Conservation topics, issues and organizations. It also has a
semi-random (but hopefully interesting!) selection of arcticles on Marine
Conservation issues (but no specimen shells or seashells!)
6)
Gallery
of Shell Images:A collection of selected
images of some of the more beautiful and interesting seashells, pairs and
sets we have sold: some good stuff, so why not take a look?
7) An
Introduction to Shell Collecting: We're
just starting to develop a range of information and resources for people
new to the Hobby of Shell Collecting - this section will grow accordingly,
so check back every now and then, to see what we've come up with!
Visit PiecesOfVermont.com
and plan a vacation getaway. (good link-exchange
site!)
8)WANT
Lists (Yours, ie!):
.For
your convenience, we have a Wants & Wishes
Bulletin Board where you can post your specimen shells (seashells,
landsnails, fresh-water: whaterver you like!) want-lists, be they general
(eg: "any large, attractive "Showcase" shells"), or very specific (eg:
"Freak Cypraea auratium Gmelin wanted!") I promise to check it frequently,
and if I have something you request, I'll promptly offer it to you!! If
i don't have it, I'll go looking for it. Please note that
anyone
can supply your posted wants and/or wishes if they like, since the board
is offered as an open-ended service to all those who wish to ask, in hopes
of someone "answering their call".
SO, as long as you are extra-careful about replies from people you do not
know, what can you lose??
Local
Species: Due
to the fact that i curate local museumcollections and am doing
taxonomic work with local species, i simply cannot sell them, or
any other species from Canada or adjacent waters, with the exeption
of a few abundant commercial species such as Placopecten magellanicus
Gmelin. and a few other very common seashells.
This site is about Shell collecting - mainly "Specimen shells", which are
what a shell collector collects. Welcome to the Wild and Wonderful
World of Conchology (ie, shell collecting (seashells, landsnails
or both))!! If you already collect specimen shells, of if you
are looking for a fascinating new hobby, we hope you will find what
you need on our site. Pleasecome on in and enjoy!
By the way, an interesting overall shell collecting site
is: