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General Zone: Introduction to the site and more

• Articles Page: This page tells you about the articles to be found on this site.
• Mollusc of the Moment: by Ross Mayhew
• Translation Page: (Sept) Some helpful words and phrases are translated here

Site Search Engine:

Internet Resources Zone: Introduction

• Full listing of pages available
• Molluscan Links

• Kid's Colouring Pages
• Avril's Fun Page:
  

Edible Molluscan Data Base

• see details

Teacher's Zone: Index Page

Educator's resources and online lesson plans.
Heavy on molluscan information but other sciences are included.

Malacology Zone: Introduction

• Can You Identify These Mysteries?
• Page & Article Listings
• Personal Pages

A the Pet Zone

Learn the legalities of keeping snails; and read about others pet snail stories

The Oreo-Odesssa Files: Learn about the worst snail pests in the world and be aware that keeping them as a pet is not always a good idea.

Meet Oreo: Site owner, Avril Bourquin has a pet Oreohelix strigosa.
Visit Oreo's page and watch his progress

2004: September ; October ; December:
2005: Jan.-March; April-May

• Man and Mollusc: Uses of Shell-Bearing Molluscs
  Past, Present & Future:
  Advanced Article: by Avril Bourquin & editing by Ross Mayhew

• Man and Mollusc: Uses of Shell-Bearing Molluscs
  Past, Present & Future:
  Simplified Version: by Avril Bourquin

• Advanced Introduction to the Molluscs: 
  by Avril Bourquin, with just a bit of editing by Ross Mayhew: 

• A Beginner's Guide to the Molluscs 
  by Avril Bourquin:

• The Odessa-Oreo Files: (March 2005) Oreo and Odessa, two pet snails penpals talk about the pros, cons and legalities of keeping snails as pets. We, Avril and Joyce - the owners of the two pet snails, hope you enjoy this article and we hope that these fun pages help to educate the public as to being RESPONSIOBLE snail pet owners.

• Personal Observations on Nucella lamellosa (Gmelin, 1791) by Dan Yoshimoto

• Rare Canyon Snail at Risk: (March 2005)Triodopsis platysayoides (Brooks, 1933) Cheat threetooth

• Spondylus, Strombus, and Conus: Offerings to the Andean Gods :(Sept. 17): National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History, Peru, Lima: Article by: Manuel Gorriti Manchego and Victor Falcon Huayta: A wonderful article by these gentlemen on the archaeological use of molluscs in Peru. This article will appear in both English and Spanish(Coming soon)
  • en español

• Prehistoric Shellfish Gathering by Katherine Szabo: (Feb. 01, 2002) A great article on the the use of of prehistoric mollusc consumption.
  

• Cone Wars!:  by Don Barclay:
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• Naming a New Mollusk Species: By Tom Eichorst:

• Octopuses are Smart Suckers! By Jennifer Mathers and Roland Anderson: 

• Taxonomy of the Phylum Mollusca:  (How Scientists Classify Mollusks):  by Winston Barney, with minor editing by Ross Mayhew

• Voyages of the H.M. Bark Endeavour and its Replica: By Dan & Hiromi Yoshimoto: 

• Amazing Molluscan Facts: by Avril Bourquin

• Interesting Geoduck Facts: by Avril Bourquin

• Malacology Zone Articles:
  • See Malacology Zone

• the Pet Zone Stories