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His most best-known works are American Seashells, Seashells of the World, and The Kingdom of the Seashell. John DuPont is also known for his extensive collection which he donated to the Delaware Museum of Natural History in 1984. The Japanese emperor Hirohito also amassed a huge collection, and was a competent and respected amateur conchologist.
Abbott was one of the most prominent conchologists of the 20th century. He brought the study of seashells to the public with his works, including most notably: American Seashells (1954), Seashells of the World (1962), The Shell (1972), and The Kingdom of the Seashell (1972). He was an active member of the American Malacological Union and ...
The Registry of World Record Size Shells is a conchological work listing the largest (and in some cases smallest) verified shell specimens of various marine molluscan taxa.A successor to the earlier World Size Records of Robert J. L. Wagner and R. Tucker Abbott, it has been published on a semi-regular basis since 1997, changing ownership and publisher a number of times.
Writer, dance educator, conchologist Kathleen Yerger Johnstone (August 19, 1906 – June 19, 1996) was an American nature writer, dance educator, and "Alabama's most famous conchologist ". [ 1 ] Alabama's state seashell, Johnstone's junonia , is named in her honor.
A seashell or sea shell, also known simply as a shell, is a hard, protective outer layer usually created by an animal or organism that lives in the sea. Most seashells are made by mollusks, such as snails, clams, and oysters to protect their soft insides. [1] Empty seashells are often found washed up on beaches by beachcombers.
John Clarkson Jay (1808–1891) American amateur conchologist. John Gwyn Jeffreys (1809–1885) Great Britain; Charles Willison Johnson (1863–1932) American naturalist and malacologist; George Johnston (1797–1855) British malacologist; Israel Heymann Jonas (1795–1851) German malacologist; Jess Jones United States; Louis Joubin (1861 ...
Augustus Addison Gould (April 23, 1805 – September 15, 1866) was an American naturalist and the foremost conchologist of his era. He described over 1,100 new species of mollusks, including all known mollusks of Massachusetts and the shells collected by two major government exploring expeditions.
The Conchologist (1891–1894) [36] → The Journal of Malacology (1894–1905) [37] The Festivus – a journal which started as a club newsletter in 1970, published by the San Diego Shell Club [38] The Nautilus – since 1886 published by Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum. First two volumes were published under name The Conchologists’ Exchange.