The Festivus 2016
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Volume 48 (1). February 1, 2016
President’s Corner, 3.
Peer Review Articles
The Talostolida pellucens Complex in the Tropical Eastern Pacific: In Perspective (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeidae)
John D. Daughenbaugh and Marty Beals
DOI: 10.54173/F4814
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Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Müller, 1774), an Invasive Bivalve Mollusk, First Identified at Numerous Sites in Bangladesh
Gulshan Ara Latifa, Abu Tweb Abu Ahme, Md. Sagir Ahmed, Mohammed Abdul Baki, and Md. Muzammel Hossain
DOI: 10.54173/F48117
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A Study on Olive Shells – 2: Oliva hirasei Kuroda & Habe, 1952, and its New Subspecies from Pangandaran Bay, Java, Indonesia
Giorgio Strano
DOI: 10.54173/F48123
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Pteropurpura festiva (Hinds, 1844) in Monterey Bay
Roger N. Clark
DOI: 10.54173/F48132
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A Review of the Haliotis rugosa Lamarck, 1822, Complex of the Western Indian Ocean, with Notes on the Subspecific Status of Haliotis multiperforata Reeve, 1846
Buzz Owen and Aaron D. Pan
DOI: 10.54173/F48133
Full Text Here
Mutant Sinistrality in the Polygyridae; an Update
Harry G. Lee
DOI: 10.54173/F48144
Full Text Here
Commercially Driven Taxonomy: the Necessity of Knowing “Species”
Stephen J. Maxwell and Tasmin L. Rymer
DOI: 10.54173/F48152
Full Text Here
Club News, 54.
Articles of General Interest
~ Shelling on the Gulf Coast of Florida (Part 2 of 2), by Robyn Waayers, 56.
~ Bulla gouldiana Pilsbury, 1895 off Santa Barbara Island, by Laurel Silver-Valker, 62.
~ How I Started Collecting Cowries, by William Schramm, 63.
~ Book Review: Molluscan Communities of the Florida Keys and Adjacent Areas: Their Ecology and Biodiversity, by David P. Berschauer, 65.
~ Uncle David Left Me What?, by David Waller, 66.
~ In Memoriam - Laurel Silver-Valker, by David P. Berschauer, 68.
Peer Review Articles
The Talostolida pellucens Complex in the Tropical Eastern Pacific: In Perspective (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeidae)
John D. Daughenbaugh and Marty Beals
DOI: 10.54173/F4814
Full Text Here
Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Müller, 1774), an Invasive Bivalve Mollusk, First Identified at Numerous Sites in Bangladesh
Gulshan Ara Latifa, Abu Tweb Abu Ahme, Md. Sagir Ahmed, Mohammed Abdul Baki, and Md. Muzammel Hossain
DOI: 10.54173/F48117
Full Text Here
A Study on Olive Shells – 2: Oliva hirasei Kuroda & Habe, 1952, and its New Subspecies from Pangandaran Bay, Java, Indonesia
Giorgio Strano
DOI: 10.54173/F48123
Full Text Here
Pteropurpura festiva (Hinds, 1844) in Monterey Bay
Roger N. Clark
DOI: 10.54173/F48132
Full Text Here
A Review of the Haliotis rugosa Lamarck, 1822, Complex of the Western Indian Ocean, with Notes on the Subspecific Status of Haliotis multiperforata Reeve, 1846
Buzz Owen and Aaron D. Pan
DOI: 10.54173/F48133
Full Text Here
Mutant Sinistrality in the Polygyridae; an Update
Harry G. Lee
DOI: 10.54173/F48144
Full Text Here
Commercially Driven Taxonomy: the Necessity of Knowing “Species”
Stephen J. Maxwell and Tasmin L. Rymer
DOI: 10.54173/F48152
Full Text Here
Club News, 54.
Articles of General Interest
~ Shelling on the Gulf Coast of Florida (Part 2 of 2), by Robyn Waayers, 56.
~ Bulla gouldiana Pilsbury, 1895 off Santa Barbara Island, by Laurel Silver-Valker, 62.
~ How I Started Collecting Cowries, by William Schramm, 63.
~ Book Review: Molluscan Communities of the Florida Keys and Adjacent Areas: Their Ecology and Biodiversity, by David P. Berschauer, 65.
~ Uncle David Left Me What?, by David Waller, 66.
~ In Memoriam - Laurel Silver-Valker, by David P. Berschauer, 68.
Volume 48 (2). May 1, 2016
Peer Review Articles
Notes on Some Little Known Arctic Alaskan Mollusks
Roger N. Clark
DOI: 10.54173/F48273
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A Review of the Haliotis of Yemen and Oman with Description of a New Species Haliotis arabiensis, from Oman and United Arab Emirates
Buzz Owen, Wilco Regter and Kirsten Van Laethem
DOI: 10.54173/F48284
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A New Species of Cone Shell (Gastropoda: Conidae) from the Saharan Coast of Northwestern Africa
Edward J. Petuch and David P. Berschauer
DOI: 10.54173/F48293
Full Text Here
Letter to the Editor Regarding: “Commercially Driven Taxonomy: The Necessity of Knowing Species; by Stephen J. Maxwell and Tasmin L. Rymer”
John K. Tucker
DOI: 10.54173/F482100
Full Text Here
A New Species of Harpa (Gastropoda: Harpidae) from the Coral Sea Archipelagos of Queensland, Australia
David P. Berschauer and Edward J. Petuch
DOI: 10.54173/F482103
Full Text Here
Camaena abbasi, a New Species (Gastropda: Camaenidae) from Indonesia
Nguyen Ngoc Thach
DOI: 10.54173/F482109
Full Text Here
New Species of Amphidromus (Syndromus) from Northern Meratus Mountains, Kalimantan
Jeff Parsons
DOI: 10.54173/F482113
Full Text Here
Club News, 125.
Articles of General Interest
~ Green Abalone Restoration: A Recipe for Success, by Nancy Caruso, 126.
~ Book Review: The Living and Fossil Busycon Whelks: Iconic Mollusks of Eastern North America, by Tammy L. Myers, 132.
~ The Collector’s Catch 22, by David Waller, 133.
~ Taxonomic Note: Presumed hybrid Eustrombus gigas x Macrostrombus costatus, 135.
~ April Auction and Potluck, by Bob Abela, 136.
~ Shell-O-Rama 2016, by David P. Berschauer and David Waller, 138.
Notes on Some Little Known Arctic Alaskan Mollusks
Roger N. Clark
DOI: 10.54173/F48273
Full Text Here
A Review of the Haliotis of Yemen and Oman with Description of a New Species Haliotis arabiensis, from Oman and United Arab Emirates
Buzz Owen, Wilco Regter and Kirsten Van Laethem
DOI: 10.54173/F48284
Full Text Here
A New Species of Cone Shell (Gastropoda: Conidae) from the Saharan Coast of Northwestern Africa
Edward J. Petuch and David P. Berschauer
DOI: 10.54173/F48293
Full Text Here
Letter to the Editor Regarding: “Commercially Driven Taxonomy: The Necessity of Knowing Species; by Stephen J. Maxwell and Tasmin L. Rymer”
John K. Tucker
DOI: 10.54173/F482100
Full Text Here
A New Species of Harpa (Gastropoda: Harpidae) from the Coral Sea Archipelagos of Queensland, Australia
David P. Berschauer and Edward J. Petuch
DOI: 10.54173/F482103
Full Text Here
Camaena abbasi, a New Species (Gastropda: Camaenidae) from Indonesia
Nguyen Ngoc Thach
DOI: 10.54173/F482109
Full Text Here
New Species of Amphidromus (Syndromus) from Northern Meratus Mountains, Kalimantan
Jeff Parsons
DOI: 10.54173/F482113
Full Text Here
Club News, 125.
Articles of General Interest
~ Green Abalone Restoration: A Recipe for Success, by Nancy Caruso, 126.
~ Book Review: The Living and Fossil Busycon Whelks: Iconic Mollusks of Eastern North America, by Tammy L. Myers, 132.
~ The Collector’s Catch 22, by David Waller, 133.
~ Taxonomic Note: Presumed hybrid Eustrombus gigas x Macrostrombus costatus, 135.
~ April Auction and Potluck, by Bob Abela, 136.
~ Shell-O-Rama 2016, by David P. Berschauer and David Waller, 138.
Volume 48 (3). August 1, 2016
Peer Review Articles
White Chestnut Cowrie Neobernaya spadicea
Paul Tuskes
DOI: 10.54173/F483145
Full Text Here
Haliotis arabiensis Owen et al., 2016 Specimens from Oman in the Naturalis Museum, Leiden, The Netherlands, Incorrectly Identified as H. varia Linnaeus, 1758, and H. pustulata Reeve, 1846
Buzz Owen & Wilco Regter
DOI: 10.54173/F483148
Full Text Here
Description of a New Species of Marginella: Marginella spadix from the East Coast Province, South Africa
Stephan G. Veldsman
DOI: 10.54173/F483152
Full Text Here
The “Cambrian Explosion” – a Study of the Abnormally Large Population of Haliotis kamtschatkana kamtschatkana / kamtschatkana assimilis “Intergrades”
Following Species Decline Due to Several Years of Unusually Warm Temperatures
in San Luis Obispo County, California
Buzz Owen
DOI: 10.54173/F483159
Full Text Here
Nutricola lordi (Baird, 1863) [Bivalvia: Veneridae] depth extension recorded in Puget Sound, Washington
Angela Eagleston and Paul Valentich-Scott
DOI: 10.54173/F483166
Full Text Here
Viduoliva tricolor abbasi, New Subspecies (Gastropoda: Olividae) from Indonesia
Nguyen Ngoc Thach and David P. Berschauer
DOI: 10.54173/F483168
Full Text Here
Five New Species of Jaspidiconus Petuch, 2004 (Conilithidae: Conilithinae) from the Caribbean Molluscan Province
Edward J. Petuch, David P. Berschauer, and André Poremski
DOI: 10.54173/F483172
Full Text Here
Some Spotted Cone Shells (Subfamily Conilithinae) from the East Pacific Region
John K. Tucker
DOI: 10.54173/F483179
Full Text Here
A New Species of Miliariconus Tucker and Tenorio, 2009 (Conidae: Puncticulinae) from the Northern Red Sea
Edward J. Petuch and David P. Berschauer
DOI: 10.54173/F483183
Full Text Here
Club News, 188.
Articles of General Interest
~ Olive Shells Don’t Care What You Call Them, by Richard L. Goldberg. 189.
~ Red Abalone Out Plant Project, by Arjay Raffety, 193.
~ Attack Behavior of the King Helmet Cassis tuberosa and Avoidance Behavior of the Long-Spine Sea Urchin Diadema antillarum, by Paul Tuskes, 199.
~ Diving the Horseshoe, by Paul Kanner, 202.
~ West Coast Shell Show – 2016, by Lisa Dawn Lindahl, 204.
~ Dad They’re Just Shells, by David Waller, 206.
Editor’s Note: Errata and Updates, 147.
White Chestnut Cowrie Neobernaya spadicea
Paul Tuskes
DOI: 10.54173/F483145
Full Text Here
Haliotis arabiensis Owen et al., 2016 Specimens from Oman in the Naturalis Museum, Leiden, The Netherlands, Incorrectly Identified as H. varia Linnaeus, 1758, and H. pustulata Reeve, 1846
Buzz Owen & Wilco Regter
DOI: 10.54173/F483148
Full Text Here
Description of a New Species of Marginella: Marginella spadix from the East Coast Province, South Africa
Stephan G. Veldsman
DOI: 10.54173/F483152
Full Text Here
The “Cambrian Explosion” – a Study of the Abnormally Large Population of Haliotis kamtschatkana kamtschatkana / kamtschatkana assimilis “Intergrades”
Following Species Decline Due to Several Years of Unusually Warm Temperatures
in San Luis Obispo County, California
Buzz Owen
DOI: 10.54173/F483159
Full Text Here
Nutricola lordi (Baird, 1863) [Bivalvia: Veneridae] depth extension recorded in Puget Sound, Washington
Angela Eagleston and Paul Valentich-Scott
DOI: 10.54173/F483166
Full Text Here
Viduoliva tricolor abbasi, New Subspecies (Gastropoda: Olividae) from Indonesia
Nguyen Ngoc Thach and David P. Berschauer
DOI: 10.54173/F483168
Full Text Here
Five New Species of Jaspidiconus Petuch, 2004 (Conilithidae: Conilithinae) from the Caribbean Molluscan Province
Edward J. Petuch, David P. Berschauer, and André Poremski
DOI: 10.54173/F483172
Full Text Here
Some Spotted Cone Shells (Subfamily Conilithinae) from the East Pacific Region
John K. Tucker
DOI: 10.54173/F483179
Full Text Here
A New Species of Miliariconus Tucker and Tenorio, 2009 (Conidae: Puncticulinae) from the Northern Red Sea
Edward J. Petuch and David P. Berschauer
DOI: 10.54173/F483183
Full Text Here
Club News, 188.
Articles of General Interest
~ Olive Shells Don’t Care What You Call Them, by Richard L. Goldberg. 189.
~ Red Abalone Out Plant Project, by Arjay Raffety, 193.
~ Attack Behavior of the King Helmet Cassis tuberosa and Avoidance Behavior of the Long-Spine Sea Urchin Diadema antillarum, by Paul Tuskes, 199.
~ Diving the Horseshoe, by Paul Kanner, 202.
~ West Coast Shell Show – 2016, by Lisa Dawn Lindahl, 204.
~ Dad They’re Just Shells, by David Waller, 206.
Editor’s Note: Errata and Updates, 147.
Volume 48 (4). November 1, 2016
Peer Review Articles
Native Pteropurpura of the Eastern Pacific (Muricidae)
Paul Tuskes and Ann Tuskes
DOI: 10.54173/F484211
Full Text Here
Checklist of Freshwater Mollusca (Gastropoda and Bivalvia) Recorded from the Buriganga and Turag Rivers, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Mohammad Abdul Baki, Md. Muzammel Hossain and Naser Ahmed Bhouiyan
DOI: 10.54173/F484221
Full Text Here
Some Cone Shells with Nodules that Persist at Least into the Middle Whorls (Subfamilies Conilithinae and Coninae) from the East Pacific Region
John K. Tucker
DOI: 10.54173/F484229
Full Text Here
A New Subspecies of Amphidromus (Goniodromus) bulowi Fruhstorfer, 1905 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Camaenidae) from Sumatra, Indonesia
Jeff Parsons and John Abbas
DOI: 10.54173/F484235
Full Text Here
A New Species of Vasticardium (Bivalvia: Cardiidae) from Queensland, Australia
Stephen J. Maxwell, Bradley C. Congdon and Tasmin L. Rymer
DOI: 10.54173/F484248
Full Text Here
Camaena chuongi, a New Species (Gastropda: Camaenidae) from Vietnam
Nguyen Ngoc Thach
DOI: 10.54173/F484253
Full Text Here
Six New Species of Gastropods (Fasciolariidae, Conidae, and Conilithidae) from Brazil
Edward J. Petuch and David P. Berschauer
DOI: 10.54173/F484257
Full Text Here
An Iconography of the Western Indian Endemic Abalone Haliotis unilateralis Lamarck, 1822 (Vetigastropoda: Haliotidae) with Notes on its Taxonomic History, Distribution, Ecology, and Evolution
Buzz Owen and Aaron D. Pan
DOI: 10.54173/F484267
Full Text Here
Club News, 278.
Articles of General Interest
~ You Can’t Take Them With You, by David B. Waller, 279.
~ 2016 COA Convention in Chicago, by David B. Waller, 281.
Native Pteropurpura of the Eastern Pacific (Muricidae)
Paul Tuskes and Ann Tuskes
DOI: 10.54173/F484211
Full Text Here
Checklist of Freshwater Mollusca (Gastropoda and Bivalvia) Recorded from the Buriganga and Turag Rivers, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Mohammad Abdul Baki, Md. Muzammel Hossain and Naser Ahmed Bhouiyan
DOI: 10.54173/F484221
Full Text Here
Some Cone Shells with Nodules that Persist at Least into the Middle Whorls (Subfamilies Conilithinae and Coninae) from the East Pacific Region
John K. Tucker
DOI: 10.54173/F484229
Full Text Here
A New Subspecies of Amphidromus (Goniodromus) bulowi Fruhstorfer, 1905 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Camaenidae) from Sumatra, Indonesia
Jeff Parsons and John Abbas
DOI: 10.54173/F484235
Full Text Here
A New Species of Vasticardium (Bivalvia: Cardiidae) from Queensland, Australia
Stephen J. Maxwell, Bradley C. Congdon and Tasmin L. Rymer
DOI: 10.54173/F484248
Full Text Here
Camaena chuongi, a New Species (Gastropda: Camaenidae) from Vietnam
Nguyen Ngoc Thach
DOI: 10.54173/F484253
Full Text Here
Six New Species of Gastropods (Fasciolariidae, Conidae, and Conilithidae) from Brazil
Edward J. Petuch and David P. Berschauer
DOI: 10.54173/F484257
Full Text Here
An Iconography of the Western Indian Endemic Abalone Haliotis unilateralis Lamarck, 1822 (Vetigastropoda: Haliotidae) with Notes on its Taxonomic History, Distribution, Ecology, and Evolution
Buzz Owen and Aaron D. Pan
DOI: 10.54173/F484267
Full Text Here
Club News, 278.
Articles of General Interest
~ You Can’t Take Them With You, by David B. Waller, 279.
~ 2016 COA Convention in Chicago, by David B. Waller, 281.