Welcome to CONCH-L,
The internet is FULL of seashell websites, many of them with 100s or 1000s
of photos.
Here are a few of the best sites I use on a regular basis:
Guido Poppe's huge site:
http://www.conchology.uunethost.be/
Eddi Hardy's:
http://www.gastropods.com/shell_pages/index.html
Cowrie Genomic Database Project:
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/people/cpm/CGDP/CGDP.html
Conidae _ The Giancarlo Collection:
http://www.geocities.com/coneshells/
Exchange - George Sangiouloglou:
http://www.geocities.com/Eureka/Plaza/1821/exchange.html
Homepage of Felix Lorenz(Great Cypraea and Conus sections):
http://home.t-online.de/home/Felix.Lorenz/
The Molluscs Net:
http://www.molluscs.net/collectorsf.htm
Jacksonville Shell Club Home Page:
http://home.sprynet.com/~wfrank/jacksonv.htm
Molluscan Pictures - (huge Singaporian site!):
http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~chansy/
That's just a tiny sample of what is out there!!!
Have fun surfing. Join in on our informative conversations
here on CONCH-L.
Cheers,
Peter Egerton
Vancouver, Canada
>Hi everyone!
>My name is Barbara Jouvernaux and I have just joined from Cambridge, New
Zealand. I have had an obsession with shells since I was about 9 or 10 years
old, and accumulated quite a decent collection for a youngster up until I
married 15 years ago. My husband is french, and he wisked me off to France
to live. Being poor, young and impetuous I sold my collection, thinking that
it would not travel well and we could use the money. I will regret it as
long as I live. We ended up returning to settle in NZ a year later.
>Since then I have not had much time or money to put into another
collection. For a long time I was so emotional about my lost colleciton I
felt that I could never replace it, so I avoided starting up again.
>Then about 18 months ago my sister unearthed a box of shells I had given
her years ago. They were spares from my old collection. At the time she
fancied that she might start a collection too, but never carried on.
>That was it- I was off again and with more passion than ever. My collection
is still very modest and amateurish, but I am in there for the long haul
this time. My youngest daughter has begun to take an interest, so I hope it
will continue into the next generation.
>I have since discovered that almost all the dealers here in NZ have
disappeared. Shell collectors are litterally a dying breed. Most other
collectors here are elderly people. Is there anyone out there under 40?
>I enjoy surfing the net. There seems to be quite a lot of interesting shell
stuff to be found. I have yet to find a good site to identify shells with
photos. I haven't yet acquired enough books to be able to match pictures
with names of everything I learn about or come across.
>Well, I look forward to learning from all you seasoned collectors. Happy
shelling. Regards, Barbara.
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><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi everyone!</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My name is Barbara Jouvernaux and I have just
>joined from Cambridge, New Zealand. I have had an obsession with shells
since I
>was about 9 or 10 years old, and accumulated quite a decent collection for a
>youngster up until I married 15 years ago. My husband is french, and he wisked
>me off to France to live. Being poor, young and impetuous I sold my
collection,
>thinking that it would not travel well and we could use the money. I will
regret
>it as long as I live. We ended up returning to settle in NZ a year
>later.</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Since then I have not had much time or money
to put
>into another collection. For a long time I was so emotional about my lost
>colleciton I felt that I could never replace it, so I avoided starting up
>again.</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Then about 18 months ago my sister unearthed a
box
>of shells I had given her years ago. They were spares from my old
collection. At
>the time she fancied that she might start a collection too, but never carried
>on.</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That was it- I was off again and with more
passion
>than ever. My collection is still very modest and amateurish, but I am in
there
>for the long haul this time. My youngest daughter has begun to take an
interest,
>so I hope it will continue into the next generation.</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have since discovered that almost all the
>dealers here in NZ have disappeared. Shell collectors are litterally a
>dying breed. Most other collectors here are elderly people. Is there anyone
out
>there under 40?</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I enjoy surfing the net. There seems to be
quite a
>lot of interesting shell stuff to be found. I have yet to find a good site to
>identify shells with photos. I haven't yet acquired enough books to be able to
>match pictures with names of everything I learn about or come
>across.</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, I look forward to learning from all you
>seasoned collectors. Happy shelling. Regards,
>Barbara.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
>
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Peter Egerton, Vancouver, Canada
Collector of worldwide Mollusca
http://www.intergate.bc.ca/personal/seashell/index.html
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