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  • HOME
  • ABOUT US
    • The Festivus
    • Meetings and Events
    • Membership and Dues
    • A Condensed History of the San Diego Shell Club
    • List of Presidents of the San Diego Shell Club
    • Historical Documents
    • Picture Gallery
    • Club Officers
    • Club Corporate Documents
    • Honorary & Charter Members
  • EVENTS
    • West Coast Shell Shows in Photos >
      • 2023 WCSS in Photos
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      • Class: Polyplacophora
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    • Haliotis rufescens (The Red Abalone), California's State Mollusk
    • Information About Protected Areas and Regulations
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Our History and Mission
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​​The San Diego Shell Club was founded in 1961 as a non-profit organization for educational and scientific purposes. More particularly to enjoy and promote the study and conservation of Mollusca, and associated marine life through lectures, club meetings and field trips. Our membership is diverse and includes beginning collectors, amateurs, scientists, divers, underwater photographers and dealers.

Contacts (as of 2025):
Robyn Waayers, President
Paul Tuskes, Past President
Robyn Waayers, Corresponding Secretary & Webmaster


Please reach out to any of us, including if you find any problems with the Club’s website, at the following address: [email protected]

Some San Diego Places and Mollusks
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Torrey Pines State Beach, California. © R. J. Waayers
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Dallocardia quadragenaria (Conrad, 1837).
​Mission Bay, San Diego, California. © R. J. Waayers
Pteropurpura trialata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1834)
​© R. J. Waayers
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Callianax biplicata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825).
Mission Bay, San Diego, California. © R. J. Waayers

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Pseudopusula californiana (Gray, 1827). ​
​Mission Bay, San Diego, California. © P. Tuskes


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Simnia barbarensis Dall 1892.
​​Mission Bay, San Diego, California. © P. Tuskes

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Hermissenda opalescens (Cooper, 1863).
​Three Fingers Reef off Point Loma,
​San Diego, California. © P. Tuskes
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  • HOME
  • ABOUT US
    • The Festivus
    • Meetings and Events
    • Membership and Dues
    • A Condensed History of the San Diego Shell Club
    • List of Presidents of the San Diego Shell Club
    • Historical Documents
    • Picture Gallery
    • Club Officers
    • Club Corporate Documents
    • Honorary & Charter Members
  • EVENTS
    • West Coast Shell Shows in Photos >
      • 2023 WCSS in Photos
      • 2024 WCSS in Photos
  • THE FESTIVUS
    • 2025
    • 2024
    • 2023
    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
    • 2014
    • Festivus Past Issues (Online)
  • MEMBERSHIP
    • How to Become a Member
    • Electronic Membership Form
  • RESOURCES
    • Shell Club Presentations
    • Reference Resources
    • Sets of Data for Shells Offered at SDSC Auctions
    • Other Shell Clubs
    • Mollusk-related Web Site List
    • Library
  • STORE
  • CONTACT
    • Contact Form - Electronic
  • SHELLS!
    • Photo Gallery of Mollusks of Southern California >
      • Class: Polyplacophora
      • Class: Gastropoda
      • Class: Bivalvia
      • Class: Scaphopoda
    • Haliotis rufescens (The Red Abalone), California's State Mollusk
    • Information About Protected Areas and Regulations