>  Yesterday I heard part of an NPR program on the radio. It was
>  malacologist Kevin Roe (sp?) from Wilmington, Delaware selecting some
>  of his favorite music. The interviewer had him explain briefly what
>  mollusks are. No musical volutes heard.

Check out the story on the NPR website.  He's not holding a mollusk, but something else found in streams...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4493735


    Dr. David Campbell
    Old Seashells
    University of Alabama
    Biodiversity & Systematics
    Dept. Biological Sciences
    Box 870345
    Tuscaloosa, AL  35487-0345 USA
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That is Uncle Joe, taken in the masonic regalia of a Grand Exalted Periwinkle of the Mystic Order of Whelks-P.G. Wodehouse, Romance at Droitgate Spa

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