Hello,

indeed interesting to know all this.

This is how we store the shells:
The collections go into plastix boxes, transparent, the size of a shoe-box.
Inside we put the shells together with the label in plastic pockets
(Minigrip, solid). In the case of bivalves, each bivalve can be put in a
separate pocket. If one has ten specimens, they go in a bigger pocket with
the label.
On one side of the plastic boxes goes a label (the kind you use in your
printer, nice), with family and genus name on, and eventually you go down
to the species if you have many lots of this species.
These handy boxes are stored on shelves.

My hope is that the plastic is not going to deteriorate. The big
advantages: one can store on shelves a collection fo 100 000 specimens, 20
000 species in a room of 20 m2, and find back the shells quickly. Also,
when Bynes comes (or how do you call this), it remains limited to the one
lot of shells that can be removed without treating everything.

It doesn't have the nice sight of drawers, but modern people in Europe
generally don't have the space one needs for a big collection in drawers.

Best regards, Guido

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