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SAN DIEGO        SHELL CLUB


       THE FESTIVUS
               
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                                                               Contents for 2008-2009


    Volume XL                 November 13, 2008                     Number 11

    Program for November 20, 2008, Meeting
    "What Becomes of a Personal Collection--or Who Gets Its When You Go?"
    Henry Chaney, of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, will give a survey of the
    decisions, options, and ramifications when one's collection ultimately changes
    ownership. [123].

    Club News
    San Diego Shell Club Meeting Minutes, 16 October 2008; Dues Are Due; The Club's
    Annual Christmas Dinner Party; Come to the Giant Book and Reprint Sale. 124.

    Articles
    John D. "Duffy" Daughenbaugh and Don Pisor. The Pitcairn and Henderson Islands
    Trip. 125-129.

    Editor's Note: A Record for Agathotoma (Agathotoma) quadriseriata (Dall, 1919)
    Corrected. 130.

    The San Diego Shell Club's Website. 130.

    A Selected Index to Volume XL (2008). 131.
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    Volume XL                October 9, 2008                            Number 10

    Program for the October 16, 2008, Meeting
    Well-known Chiton expert Douglas Eernisse of California State University, Fullerton, will
    present a PowerPoint program highlighting species collected by the Mulliners in the Gulf
    of California, Mexico. [115].

    Club News
    The Club's Annual September Party, September 13, 2008; First Announcement for Next
    Year's Annual SCUM Meeting; First Notice of 2009 Conchologist of America Convention;
    First Notice of 2009 Western Society of Malacologists (WSM) Meeting; In Memoriam,
    Linda LaGrange. 116.

    Articles
    Paul M. Tuskes, and Jennifer A. Kelly.  Observations and Biology of Neosimnia
    barbarensis and Its Sea Pen Host in Mission Bay, San Diego, California. 117-120.

    Carole M. Hertz. Growth Changes in Jenneria postulata (Lightfoot, 1786) (Gastropoda:
    Ovulidae). 121-122.  
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    Volume XL                 September 11, 2008                    Number 9

    Program for September 13, 2008, Meeting
    The Club's September Party. No regular meeting this month. [99].

    Club News
    Minutes of the San Diego Shell Club Meeting, 21 August, 2008; The Club's Annual
    September
    Party, September 13, 2008; Dues Increase for Overseas Subscribers; Additions and
    Changes to the Roster. 100.

    Articles
    Charles L. Powell, II, and Mary McGann, U.S. Geological Survey. Late Pleistocene and
    Holocene
    Mollusks and Foraminifers from Near Cordell bank, Offshore Central California: Their
    Age
    and Environmental Significance. 101-114.

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    Volume XL                   August 14, 2008                           Number 8

    Program for August 21, 2008, Meeting
    Hans Bertsch, Research Associate at California Academy of Sciences, and his wife Rosa
    del Carmen Compay Villalobos will present a PowerPoint program on the biodiversity of
    marine life in the Sea of Cortez, discussing problems arising from over-fishing, poor
    planning, and the need for wise environmental measures. [91].

    Club News  
    Minutes of the San Diego Shell Club Meeting, 17 July 2008; The Club's Annual
    September
    Party: Save the Date; Dues Increase for Overseas Subscribers; Additions and Changes
    to
    the Roster; Club Program Schedule for the Rest of 2008. 92.

    Articles
    An Undescribed Panamic Cyclostremiscus (Tornidae: Vitrinellinae: Gastropoda). Carole
    M.
    Hertz and Carol Skogland. 93.

    Selling on EBay. David B. Waller. 95-98.
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    Volume XL                    July 10, 2008                                     Number 7

    Program for July 17, 2008, Meeting
    Club members Don Pisor and John "Duffy" Daughenbaugh will share their most recent   
    adventure to remote Pitcairn and Henderson Islands.  Also, 2008 Club Science Fair
    winner
    Amabelle June Aguelo will present an overview of her winning project, "Effect of
    Pesticides
    on the Fertilization Rate of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus." [81].   

    Club News
    Minutes of the San Diego Shell Club Meeting, 19 June 2008; The Club's Annual
    September
    Dinner Party: Save the date; 2008 R. T. Abbott Visiting Curatorship; Additions and
    Changes to the Roster. 82.

    Articles
    On Two Opalia-Like Epitonids (Gastropoda: Epitonidae) from the Gulf of Mexico.  Emilio
    F.
    Garcia.  83-86.

    Report on the WSM Meeting--2008. Jules Hertz. 87-89.
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    Volume XL                    June 12, 2008                                     Number 6

    Program for June 19, 2008, Meeting:
    "Marine Mollusks of Cabrillo National Monument: Successes and Failures in an Urban
    Environment."  Benjamin Pister, Club member and Park Biologist at Cabrillo National
    Monument. [71].

    Club News
    Minutes of the San Diego Shell Club Meeting, 15 May 2008; Recent Donations to the
    San
    Diego Shell Club; The Club Website Has a New Address. 72.

    Articles
    The Many-Ribbed Ark Clam, Anadara multicostata, in Mission Bay, San Diego,
    California.
    Paul M. Tuskes. 73-75.

    First Record of the European Land Snail Trochulus striolatus in British Columbia,
    Canada (Pulmonata: Hygromiidae).  Robert G. Forsyth. 76-78.

    Mission Bay Survey Project--Selected Tides for 2008. John LaGrange and Paul Tuskes.
    78.

    Remembering the Bradners.  Carole M. Hertz. 79-80.  

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    Volume XL                    May 6, 2008                                     Number 5

    Program for May 15, 2008 Meeting:
    "The Cool Mollusks of Mission Bay."  Paul Tuskes and John LaGrange, co-chairs of the
    Club's Mission Bay Survey Project. [59].  

    Club News
    The Club's Annual Auction/Potluck, April 26, 2008; The Club Has a New Address; Two
    Annual Meetings Announced; Too Late for the Roster. 60.

    Articles
    Notes on the Association of Vesicomyids and Lucinoma (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in
    Southern California: Modern and Fossil.  Charles Powell, II and Lindsey T. Groves.
    61-68.

    Book News: Sea Shells of Southern Florida: Living Marine Mollusks of the Florida Keys
    and Adjacent Regions by Paula M. Mikkelsen and Rüdiger Bieler.  Reviewed by Paul
    Valentich-Scott. 69-70.

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    Volume XL                     April 10, 2008                                   Number 4

    Program for April 26, 2008, Meeting:
    Club Auction and Potluck.  No regular meeting this month. [47].

    Club News
    San Diego Shell Club Meeting, March 20, 2008; The Club Has a New Address;
    The Western Society of Malacologists (WSM) June 4-8, 2008; SCAMIT Meeting
    'Bivalves 101', May 12, 2008; Too Late for the Roster. 48.

    Articles
    Three Nomenclatural Notes on Panamic Bivalves.  Eugene V. Coan and Paul
    Valentich-Scott. 49-54.

    Octopus Senescence: Forgetting How to Eat Clams.  Roland C. Anderson, Jennifer
    A. Mather, and David L. Sinn. 55-57.

    Addition to the Twila Bratcher Critchlow Memorial Issue.  Lindsay Groves. 57.

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    Volume XL                      March 13, 2008                                  Number 3

    Program for the Mach 20, 2008 meeting:
    "Sneaky Slugs in the Sea Or Mollusks Without Sea Shells (Or Bits of Shells)."  Nerida
    Wilson, post-doctorate of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. [35].

    Club News
    San Diego Shell Club Meeting, February 21, 2008; Too Late for the Roster; Corrections
    to the Roster. 36.

    Articles
    New Record of Agathotoma (Agathotoma) quadriseriata (Dall, 1919) (Gastropoda:
    Turridae).  Shawn Wiedrick. 37-38.

    The Auction/Potluck--2008. 38.

    Another Way to Collect Shells: Buying on EBay.  David B. Waller. 39-42.

    The Twelfth Annual SCUM Meeting.  Lindsey T. Groves. 43-45.

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    Volume XL                     February 14, 2008                                   Number 2

    Program for February 21, 2008 Meeting:
    "Some Personal Perspectives of Arctic Marine Ecosystems."  Paul Dayton,   
    Professor of Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. [23].

    Club News
    San Diego Shell Club Meeting, January 17, 2007; Wes Farmer Becomes an
    Honorary Member; Mark Your Calendars and Save the Date; The Mission Bay
    Survey Project. 24.

    Articles
    The Opisthobranch Fauna of the Archipelago de Revillagigedo, Mexican Pacific.
    Alicia Hermosillo and Terrence M. Gosliner. 25-34.

    San Diego Shell Club Membership List 2008. [35-37].
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    Volume XL                     January 10, 2008                                     Number 1

    Program for  January 17, 2008, Meeting:
    "Hawaiian Shells and Their Habitats."  Paul Tuskes, Club Member. [I].

    Club News                 
    San Diego Shell Club Meeting, November 15, 2007; The Club's Annual
    Christmas Dinner Party, Saturday December 1; A Message from the Librarian;
    Dues Are Due. 2.

    Articles
    New Distributional Information for Panamic Province Pyramidellidae (Gastropoda).
    Carol Skoglund. 3-19.

    Remembering Billee Gerrodette.  Carole M. Hertz. 20-21.

    Low Tides for 2008 at San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico.  Jules Hertz (preparer). 21.
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