The Festivus 2015
The Tables of Contents of the issues of The Festivus published in 2015 are provided below.
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Volume 47 (1). February 1, 2015
President’s Corner, 3.
Peer Review Articles
Review of the Genus Carinapex Dall, 1924 with the Description of Ten New Species (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Horaiclavidae) from the Pacific Ocean
Shawn Greggory Wiedrick
DOI: 10.54173/F4715
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Description of a New Subspecies of Chicoreus (Triplex) cnissodus cnissodus (Euthyme, 1889) (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from Sri Lanka
Roland Houart
DOI: 10.54173/F47129
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Taxonomic Note - New Species: Latiaxis nippooleifera Chino, 2014
Spyridon Pavlividis
“World Record” Specimens of Haliotis Species of the West Coast of North America - a Brief Description and Photo Study
Buzz Owen
DOI: 10.54173/F47136
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Description of a New Species from the Brazilian Province: Dalliconus edpetuchi
Éric Monnier, Loïc Limpalaër, Christophe Roux, and David P. Berschauer
DOI: 10.54173/F47151
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Club News, 67.
Articles of General Interest
~ Recollections of a Neophyte Shell Collector, by Bill Schramm, 68.
~ Book review: Biogeography and Biodiversity of Western Atlantic Mollusks, by David P. Berschauer, 71.
~ Red Abalone, Candidate for State Mollusk, by Larry Buck, 72.
~ Taxonomic note - new species: Chicomurex globus and C. pseudosuperbus Houart, Moe & Chen, 2015, by Chong Chen, 73.
~ In Memoriam Carole Christine Skoglund, 1924 – 2015, by Carole Hertz, 74.
Peer Review Articles
Review of the Genus Carinapex Dall, 1924 with the Description of Ten New Species (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Horaiclavidae) from the Pacific Ocean
Shawn Greggory Wiedrick
DOI: 10.54173/F4715
Full Text Here
Description of a New Subspecies of Chicoreus (Triplex) cnissodus cnissodus (Euthyme, 1889) (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from Sri Lanka
Roland Houart
DOI: 10.54173/F47129
Full Text Here
Taxonomic Note - New Species: Latiaxis nippooleifera Chino, 2014
Spyridon Pavlividis
“World Record” Specimens of Haliotis Species of the West Coast of North America - a Brief Description and Photo Study
Buzz Owen
DOI: 10.54173/F47136
Full Text Here
Description of a New Species from the Brazilian Province: Dalliconus edpetuchi
Éric Monnier, Loïc Limpalaër, Christophe Roux, and David P. Berschauer
DOI: 10.54173/F47151
Full Text Here
Club News, 67.
Articles of General Interest
~ Recollections of a Neophyte Shell Collector, by Bill Schramm, 68.
~ Book review: Biogeography and Biodiversity of Western Atlantic Mollusks, by David P. Berschauer, 71.
~ Red Abalone, Candidate for State Mollusk, by Larry Buck, 72.
~ Taxonomic note - new species: Chicomurex globus and C. pseudosuperbus Houart, Moe & Chen, 2015, by Chong Chen, 73.
~ In Memoriam Carole Christine Skoglund, 1924 – 2015, by Carole Hertz, 74.
Volume 47 (2). May 1, 2015
Peer Review Articles
Observations Regarding the Biology of Pteropurpura trialata
Paul M. Tuskes and Ann Tuskes
DOI: 10.54173/F47285
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Taxonomic Note - New Species: Lyncina alicae Lum, 2013
Vepricardium eichhorsti, a New Species from Vietnam (Bivalvia: Cardiidae)
Nguyen Ngoc Thach
DOI: 10.54173/F47295
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A Comparison of Adaptive Radiation in Conidae and Conilithidae (Gastropoda: Conoidea) in the Eastern and Western Atlantic, Together with an Iconography of the Conilithid Genus Jaspidiconus
David P. Berschauer
DOI: 10.54173/F47299
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Errata - “Review of the Genus Carinapex Dall, 1924 with the Description of Ten New Species (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Horaiclavidae) from the Pacific Ocean”
Shawn G. Wiedrick
DOI: 10.54173/F472114
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A New Cypraeid Subspecies and a New Morum from the Brazilian Molluscan Province
Edward J. Petuch and Robert F. Myers
DOI: 10.54173/F472115
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Abalone Without Holes: A Photo Iconography and Study of a Rare Morphological Variant of Haliotis (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda)
Buzz Owen, Brian N. Tissot, and David L. Leighton
DOI: 10.54173/F472126
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Club News, 137.
Articles of General Interest
~ Hawaiian Tree Snails, by David Rolfe, 139.
~ Of Threads and Strings and Little Green Lizards, by Larry Buck, 141.
~ April Potluck and Shell Auction, by William Schramm, 144.
~ Taxonomic Note - New Species: Poremskiconus mariaodetae Petuch & Myers, 2014, 145.
Observations Regarding the Biology of Pteropurpura trialata
Paul M. Tuskes and Ann Tuskes
DOI: 10.54173/F47285
Full Text Here
Taxonomic Note - New Species: Lyncina alicae Lum, 2013
Vepricardium eichhorsti, a New Species from Vietnam (Bivalvia: Cardiidae)
Nguyen Ngoc Thach
DOI: 10.54173/F47295
Full Text Here
A Comparison of Adaptive Radiation in Conidae and Conilithidae (Gastropoda: Conoidea) in the Eastern and Western Atlantic, Together with an Iconography of the Conilithid Genus Jaspidiconus
David P. Berschauer
DOI: 10.54173/F47299
Full Text Here
Errata - “Review of the Genus Carinapex Dall, 1924 with the Description of Ten New Species (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Horaiclavidae) from the Pacific Ocean”
Shawn G. Wiedrick
DOI: 10.54173/F472114
Full Text Here
A New Cypraeid Subspecies and a New Morum from the Brazilian Molluscan Province
Edward J. Petuch and Robert F. Myers
DOI: 10.54173/F472115
Full Text Here
Abalone Without Holes: A Photo Iconography and Study of a Rare Morphological Variant of Haliotis (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda)
Buzz Owen, Brian N. Tissot, and David L. Leighton
DOI: 10.54173/F472126
Full Text Here
Club News, 137.
Articles of General Interest
~ Hawaiian Tree Snails, by David Rolfe, 139.
~ Of Threads and Strings and Little Green Lizards, by Larry Buck, 141.
~ April Potluck and Shell Auction, by William Schramm, 144.
~ Taxonomic Note - New Species: Poremskiconus mariaodetae Petuch & Myers, 2014, 145.
Volume 47 (3). August 1, 2015
Peer Review Articles
Two New Species and One New Subspecies of Amphidromus (Gastropoda: Camaenidae) From Thailand
Chorchat Gra-tes
DOI: 10.54173/F473151
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Laboratory Studies of Hybridization in California Abalone (Haliotis)
Buzz Owen and Richard Meyer
DOI: 10.54173/F473167
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Taxonomic Note - new species: Haliotis geigeri Owen, 2014
Two New Species of Tenorioconus (Gastropoda: Conidae) from Aruba
Edward J. Petuch and David P. Berschauer
DOI: 10.54173/F473195
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Club News, 206.
Articles of General Interest
~ Carol Skoglund and Gradiconus skoglundae, by John K. Tucker, 207.
~ “My Pet Cowrie” - Macrocypraea cervus Linnaeus, 1771, by Tammy L. Myers, 208.
~ Mission Bay Mysteries, by Robyn Waayers, 210.
~ San Diego Shell Club at the Fair, by Paul Tuskes, 211.
Two New Species and One New Subspecies of Amphidromus (Gastropoda: Camaenidae) From Thailand
Chorchat Gra-tes
DOI: 10.54173/F473151
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Laboratory Studies of Hybridization in California Abalone (Haliotis)
Buzz Owen and Richard Meyer
DOI: 10.54173/F473167
Full Text Here
Taxonomic Note - new species: Haliotis geigeri Owen, 2014
Two New Species of Tenorioconus (Gastropoda: Conidae) from Aruba
Edward J. Petuch and David P. Berschauer
DOI: 10.54173/F473195
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Club News, 206.
Articles of General Interest
~ Carol Skoglund and Gradiconus skoglundae, by John K. Tucker, 207.
~ “My Pet Cowrie” - Macrocypraea cervus Linnaeus, 1771, by Tammy L. Myers, 208.
~ Mission Bay Mysteries, by Robyn Waayers, 210.
~ San Diego Shell Club at the Fair, by Paul Tuskes, 211.
Volume 47 (4). November 1, 2015
President’s Corner, 217.
Peer Review Articles
Additions to the Cone Shell Faunas of Australia and Aruba (Conidae, Conilithidae)
Edward J. Petuch, David P. Berschauer, and André Poremski
DOI: 10.54173/F474219
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What are Species? Or, on Asking the Wrong Question
Kirk Fitzhugh
DOI: 10.54173/F474229
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Taxonomic Note - new species: Typhinellus jacolombi Houart, 2015
Bertia setzeri, a New Species of Land Snail from Vietnam (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Dyakiidae)
Nguyen Ngoc Thach
DOI: 10.54173/F474240
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Iconography and Distribution of the Cape Verde Island Abalone, Haliotis tuberculata fernandesi Owen & Afonso, 2012, with Comparisons to H. tuberculate coccinea Reeve, 1846, of the Canary Islands
Buzz Owen, Peter Ryall, and Aaron D. Pan
DOI: 10.54173/F474243
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Jaspidiconus: What are the Options?
John K. Tucker
DOI: 10.54173/F474250
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Club News, 256.
Articles of General Interest
~ Orchids in the Park, by Paul Tuskes, 257.
~ Sunny September Party, by David P. Berschauer, 257.
~ William Swainson F.R.S., F.L.S., by Mary Agnes Wotton, 258.
~ Shelling on the Gulf Coast of Florida (Part 1 of 2), by Robyn Waayers, 262.
Peer Review Articles
Additions to the Cone Shell Faunas of Australia and Aruba (Conidae, Conilithidae)
Edward J. Petuch, David P. Berschauer, and André Poremski
DOI: 10.54173/F474219
Full Text Here
What are Species? Or, on Asking the Wrong Question
Kirk Fitzhugh
DOI: 10.54173/F474229
Full Text Here
Taxonomic Note - new species: Typhinellus jacolombi Houart, 2015
Bertia setzeri, a New Species of Land Snail from Vietnam (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Dyakiidae)
Nguyen Ngoc Thach
DOI: 10.54173/F474240
Full Text Here
Iconography and Distribution of the Cape Verde Island Abalone, Haliotis tuberculata fernandesi Owen & Afonso, 2012, with Comparisons to H. tuberculate coccinea Reeve, 1846, of the Canary Islands
Buzz Owen, Peter Ryall, and Aaron D. Pan
DOI: 10.54173/F474243
Full Text Here
Jaspidiconus: What are the Options?
John K. Tucker
DOI: 10.54173/F474250
Full Text Here
Club News, 256.
Articles of General Interest
~ Orchids in the Park, by Paul Tuskes, 257.
~ Sunny September Party, by David P. Berschauer, 257.
~ William Swainson F.R.S., F.L.S., by Mary Agnes Wotton, 258.
~ Shelling on the Gulf Coast of Florida (Part 1 of 2), by Robyn Waayers, 262.