Conchologists of America

We [heart] Shells
Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA; 5/17/2007; 1090 words; ...have been collected on trips to the Philippines and South America, where waters are warmer and the creatures of the sea produce...their highest and at their lowest. During those low tides, conchologists (shell collectors) find conch shells and other pristine...

Ask & learn.(Neighbor)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 11/26/2006; 532 words; ...of Naperville, Kennedy Junior High. Answer from: Thomas E. Eichhorst, editor of American Conchologist, Conchologists of America in New Mexico Question: Why do you hear sounds like the ocean in a seashell? Answer: The "sounds like an...

Working the Web
Portland Press Herald (Maine); 7/17/2006; 305 words; ...looking at mollusks From Away. THAT WAS BEFORE the eNature FieldGuide to seashells and the Web presence of the Conchologists of America. The eNFG allows you to search by family and region, providing photographs and good descriptions of shells...

Mirror Travel: Captivated by the pirate islands; Jo Layton uncovers the secrets on the other side of sunny Florida.(Features)
The Mirror (London, England); 11/24/2001; 1506 words; ...Caracoles - the Sea Shell Coast - for reasons that become obvious. Shell collectors from all over America come to these white beaches for what conchologists declare to be some of best collecting shores in the world. They call their shuffling search...

Antiques and collecting: Jack collects sea shells from the sea shore; There's a growing interest in conchology. Harry Hawkes meets one of the world's leading collectors based in Bermuda.
The Birmingham Post (England); 6/9/2001; 1135 words; ...probably the biggest is the Conchologists of America. This club has some 1...The one organised by the Conchologists of America, for example, lasts a...collectors has been changed from conchologists to malacologists - a term...