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2008
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May 05, 2008
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The
Jersey Cape Shell Club I would like to invite everyone to attend meetings of The Jersey Cape Shell Club, which are held at The Wetlands Institute, Stone Harbor, New Jersey. Meeting dates are always on Monday evenings at 7:30 PM and this year are; May 5, June 2, July 7, August 4, September 8, October 6 and November 3. We welcome visitors and new members! Our 34th annual shell show will be held at The Wetlands Institute and this year is open to the public Friday, Saturday and Sunday August 15-17, with show set-up on August 14. For club or show information or an application to exhibit at the show, please contact me. With best wishes from sea-side Cape May, NJ- Sue Hobbs |
| May 10-11, 2008 | XVIII
BELGIUM INTERNATIONAL SHELL SHOW, Antwerp, Belgium Schijnpoort, Schijnpoort Straat Charles Krijnen, Burgemeester Jansenstraat 10 NL-5037 NC Tilburg, Nederland 31 (13) 463 0607 E-mail: bvc.shellshow@planet.nl Web site: www.bvc-gloriamaris.be/beurs_e.htm |
| May 15, 2008 | Mark
your calendars for the annual Philadelphia Shell Club auction, to be held
at the Academy of Natural Sciences on Thursday, May 15. Doors open at 6:00
pm, and bidding starts at 7:00 prompt. Non-members are welcome. As ever,
food and wine will be provided by the club, and an entertaining time will
be had by almost all. Proceeds go to help organize and fund the Philadelphia
Shell Show on October 11 and 12.
A full list of lots and some pictures of the highlights are on the club's web site at http://www.phillyshellclub.org/auction.html See you there! Paul Callomon |
| Jun. 14-15, 2008 | JACKSONVILLE
SHELL SHOW, Jacksonville, FL Morocco Shrine Temple, 3800 St. Johns Bluff Road Judy Blocker, 2109 Beach Avenue Atlantic Beach, FL32233-5932 (904) 246-4012 |
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June 29 - July 3, 2008
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AMERIAN
MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING, Carbondale, IL Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois The American Malacological Society will hold its 74th annual meeting in Carbondale, Illinois from June 29 - July 3, 2008. The venue will be the Southern Illinois University Student Center, which houses an auditorium, several ballrooms and meeting rooms, and a number of restaurants and coffee shops. The conference will begin with an icebreaker on Sunday evening. Special events will include an outdoor reception at Blue Sky Vineyard www.blueskyvineyard.com) on Monday night, a poster session and the AMS Auction of molluscan miscellany on Tuesday night and a barbecue banquet (with vegetarian options) at the 17th Street Bar & Grill Warehouse, Southern Illinois' most unique banquet facility on Wednesday night. 17th Street Bar & Grill was recently recognized by Food Network and Bon Appitit as the home of the best ribs in the country. The special sessions and symposia will include: a land snail conservation symposium and workshop in honor of the late Leslie Hubricht, organized by Kathryn Perez (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill/Duke University), Jay Cordeiro (NatureServe), Jochen Gerber (Field Museum of Natural History) and Kevin Roe (Iowa State University); a symposium on molluscan taxonomy in the 21st century, organized by Benont Dayrat (UC Merced); a special session on cephalopod biology organized by Frank Anderson, Christine Huffard (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) and Elizabeth Shea (Delaware Museum of Natural History) On Thursday, two field trips will introduce meeting participants to wonderful mollusk habitats in southern Illinois. Participants will be able to take a tour of the Larue Pine Hills/Otter Pond Research Natural Area, a fantastic area of limestone bluffs and outcrops (and home of Euchemotrema hubrichti, the conference mascot), or a trip to local aquatic habitats to search for freshwater bivalves and gastropods. Visitors to Carbondale usually travel through either
St.Louis or Chicago, though Memphis is also an option. There is a convenient
shuttle service from St. Louis Lambert International Airport to Carbondale.
From Chicago or Memphis, you can take a train, The City of New Orleans,
which stops in Carbondale on its Chicago-to-New Orleans route. Flights
also arrive at the Williamson County airport (618-993-3353) several times
daily. Dr. Frank E. Anderson,
Department of Zoology ********************************************** |
| Jul. 6-10, 2008 |
COA
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| Jul. 12-13, 2008 | KEPPEL
BAY SHELL SHOW, Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia Yeppoon Town Hall Jean M. Offord, 277 McDougall St., N. Rockhampton, Qld. 4701, Australia (7) 4928-3509 |
| Jul. 19-20, 2008 | TOWNSVILLE
SHELL SHOW, Townsville, Queensland, Australia Cutharinga Bowls Club on Harold Street, West End Glenda Rowse, 19 Farrell Street Kirwan 4814, Queensland, Australia (7) 4773-2817 |
| August 15-17 | The Jersey Cape Shell Club I would like to invite everyone to attend meetings of The Jersey Cape Shell Club, which are held at The Wetlands Institute, Stone Harbor, New Jersey. Meeting dates are always on Monday evenings at 7:30 PM and this year are; May 5, June 2, July 7, August 4, September 8, October 6 and November 3. We welcome visitors and new members! Our 34th annual shell show will be held at The Wetlands Institute and this year is open to the public Friday, Saturday and Sunday August 15-17, with show set-up on August 14. For club or show information or an application to exhibit at the show, please contact me. With best wishes from sea-side Cape May, NJ- Sue Hobbs |
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Sérgio Ávila (PhD.) Departamento de Biologia Universidade dos Açores Rua da Mãe de Deus, Apartado 1422 9501 - 801 Ponta Delgada (Açores) Codex Portugal http://www.uac.pt/~fosseis http://www.uac.pt/~cicia Dear colleagues: The Instituto Português de Malacologia (IPM) and the Marine PalaeoBiogeography Working Group (MPB) are happy to announce the joint organization of the 5th Congress of the European Malacological Societies (CEMS) and the 2nd Atlantic Islands Neogene, International Comgress (AINIC), to be held at Ponta Delgada, São Miguel Island (Azores, Portugal) on 2-6 September 2008. Previous editions of CEMS Congress were held in Genoa,
Italy (2000), Vigo, Spain (2002), La Rochelle, France (2003), Naples,
Italy (2005). Congress Venue: The 5th Congress of the European Malacological Societies will be held on 'Aula Magna', nearby the 'Complexo Científico' of the University of the Azores, at Ponta Delgada (São Miguel Island) and will also host the 2nd AINIC (Atlantic Islands Neogene, International Congress). You may find further information at: http://www.uac.pt/~cicia/5thcongr/index.html
or by With very best wishes, Sérgio Ávila |
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