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      SAN DIEGO SHELL CLUB


THE FESTIVUS
                Contents for 2008
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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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