SAN DIEGO SHELL CLUB
The Festivus
2011-2012
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Volume VLIII November 10, 2011 Number 11
Program for the Club's November 17, 2011, Meeting:
Greg Rouse, Professor of Marine Biology and Curator of SIO Benthic Invertebrate Collection at Scripps
Institute of Oceanography, who has been on a research voyage off Antarctica from September to early
November, will present an exciting program on this research.
Club News
San Diego Shell Club Minutes, 20 October 2011; The Club's Annual Christmas Dinner Party, Saturday,
December 3rd. 108
Articles
Eugene V. Coan. Cumings' Eastern Pacific Localities. 109-112.
Nora Foster. 44th Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Malacologists Meeting Jointly with the 12th
Biannual Meeting of the Sociedad Mexicana De Malacologia. 113-114.
Jules Hertz [preparer]. A Selected Index to Volume XLIII (2011). 115.
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Volume VLIII October 13, 2011 Number 10
"Effects of Climate Change and Fishing on Molluscan Biodiversity." Kaustuv Roy is a professor at UCSD
whose work in his lab is focused on a) the processes that can shape large scale biodiversity gradients in the
ocean and b) how marine species and communities respond to climate change and other anthropogenic
impacts and the long-term consequences of such responses. 99.
Club News
The Annual September Party, September 17; Giant Book, Magazine, and Reprint Sale; The Club's Annual
Christmas Dinner Party, Saturday, December 3rd. 100.
Articles
Susan J. Hewitt. An Ancient Archaeological Marine Mollusk Assemblage from the Island of Nevis, Leeward
Islands, West Indies. 101-104.
Carole M. Hertz and Barbara W. Meyers. Book News: A Conchological Iconography: The Family Pectinidae
by Raines and Poppe, 2006 {Review]. 105-106.
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Volume XLIII September 8, 2011 Number 9
Program for the Club's September 17, 2011, Meeting:
No regular meeting this month. Come to the annual September Party! Home of Debbie and Larry Catarius.
From 4-? PM. See this issue of The Festivus for address and directions. 91.
Club News
San Diego Shell Club Meeting Minutes, 18 August 2011; Additions to the Roster; The Annual September Party
92.
Articles
Emilio F. García. Sea Star Stomach Uncovers Geographical Extension for Parvanachis Guerreroensis Strong &
Hertlein, 1937, and Other Goodies. 93-94.
Susan J. Hewitt. An 18th-Century Account of Marine Mollusks from the Island of Nevis, Leeward Islands,
West Indies. 95-98.
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Volume XLIII August 11, 2011 Number 8
Program for the Club's August 18, 2011, Meeting:
"Interesting Trochids, Turbinids, Naticids, Muricids, and Other Gastropods from Southern California." Club
member Paul Tuskes will talk about some of our rare, not-so-rare, and commercially used gastropods, as well
as present observations on their biology, behavior, and occurrence. He has published a number of papers on
these subjects and has spoken in the past on Florida tree snails, Hawaiian shells, and his studies of
Mission Bay. 77.
Club News
San Diego Shell Club Meeting Minutes, 21 July 2011; The Annual September Party; A Book Donation to the
Club Library; The Club's Christmas Dinner Party.
Articls
Carole M. Hertz and Barbara W. Myers. Notes on a Californian Pectinid Species. 79-82.
Susan J. Hewitt. An Expanded Survey of the Marine Mollusks of the Island of Saint Kitts, Leeward Islands,
West Indies. 83-89.
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Volume XLIII July 14, 2011 Number 7
Program for the Club's July 21, 2011, Meeting:
"Las Conchas Azules (The Blue Shells): Father Kino, Abalones, and the Island of California." Hans Bertsch, a
specialist in opisthobranchs and the marine life of the Panamic Province, will present an illustrated program
including some of the history and fauna of the areas in the northern Golfo de California. [67].
Also, Wes Farmer will show slides from the recent Club auction/potluck.[67].
Club News
San Diego Shell Club Meeting Minutes, 16 June 2011; The Annual September Party; The Club's Christmas
Dinner Party. 68.
Articles
Paul M. Tuskes. Observations on the Biology of the Bubble Snail Bulla gouldiana in Mission Bay, San
Diego, California. 69-75.
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Volume XLIII June 9, 2011 Number 6
Program for the Club's June Meeting:
"Field Eyes, Lab Eyes, Library Eyes: How Ed Ricketts Identified the Chitons and Limpets Collected During
the 1940
Sea of Cortez Expedition." Douglas Eernisse of California State University, Fullerton, will present this
illustrated
program, sharing what he calls his latest obsession. His programs are not to be missed. [59].
Club News
San Diego Shell Club Meeting Minutes, 19 May, 2011; Silent Auction at Club Meetings; Changes to the
Roster--2011; The Annual September Party; Pacific Conchological Club Shell Auction. 60.
Articles
Kelvin L. Barwick and Tony Phillips. "A New Record of Niso attilioi (Hertz and Hertz, 1982) from Santa
Monica
Bay, California." 61-62.
Alexander P. Sassi. "A Survey of Intertidal Mollusks with the Pacific Northwest Shell Club at Shannon Point
Marine Center, Anacortes, Washington." 63-65.
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Volume XLIII May 12, 2011 Number 5
Program for the Club's May meeting:
"Effects of Climate Change and Fishing on Molluscan Biodiversity." Kaustuv Roy is a professor at UCSD
whose work in his lab is focused on understanding (a) the processes that shape large-scale biodiversity
gradients in the ocean and (b) how marine species and communities respond to climate change and other
anthropogenic impacts and the long-term consequences of such responses. [51}.
Club News
The Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair, 2011; The Club's Auction/Potluck, 2011. 52.
Articles
Lindsey T. Groves. "The 15th Annual SCUM Gathering." 54-55.
Megan Lilly. Book Review [Octopus: The Ocean's Intelligent Invertebrate. By Jennifer A. Mather, Ronald C.
Anderson, and James B. Wood. Timber Press, 2010. 56.
Paul M. Tuskes. "Black Abalone (Haliotis cracherodii) on Mission Bay Jetty." 57-58.
Alicia Hermosillo-Gonzáles. Errata [correction of "Tritonia sp." to Tritonia papalotla Bertsch, Valdéz, and
Gosliner,
2009, in April 14, 2011, The Festivus.]
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Volume XLIII April 14, 2011 Number 4
Program for the Club's April meeting:
Annual Club Shell Auction. No regular meeting this month. 37.
Club News
San Diego Shell Club Meeting Minutes, 17 March 2011; Too Late for the Roster; 44th Annual Meeting of the
Western Society of Malacologists & 12th Biannual Meeting of the Sociedad Mexicana de Malacologia; Come to
the Auction/Potluck--2011, Saturday, April 16th.38.
Articles
Alicia Hermosillo-Gonzalez. "Species List of Opisthobranch Mollusks for Bahia de Banderas (Jalisco-Nayarit),
Pacific Coast of Mexico, 39-49.
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Volume XLIII March 10, 2011 Number 3
Program for the Club's March 17, 2011, meeting:
"Plugging Holes in Abalone and Scissurellid Systematics: Preview of Two Monographs for 2011 and 2012."
Daniel
Geiger of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, a specialist in the fascinating scissurellids and
haliotids,
will present an illustrated program highlighting soon-to-be-published work in these groups.[27].
Club News
San Diego Shell Club Minutes, February 17, 2011; Too Late for the Roster; Come to the Auction/Potluck--
2011,
Saturday, April 16th. 28.
Articles
Estaban Fernando Félix-Pico, Martín E. Hernándes-Rivas, Oscar Efraín Holgutín-Quiñones, and Víctor Gerardo
Vargas-López. "The Zonation and Density of the Macromolluscs Living in the Mangrove Swamps of the Sand
Barrier of El Mogote, La Paz, Baja California Sur, México. 29-34.
Henry Chaney. Review of Encyclopedia of Texas Seashells: Identification, Ecology, Distribution, & History. By
John W. Tunnell, Jr., Jean Andrews, Noe C. Barrera, and Fabio Moretzohn. 2010. Texas A&M University
Press.
College Station, TX. 512 pages.
In Memoriam: William T. Schneider, May 6, 1930-February 8, 2011.
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Volume XLIII February 10, 2011 Number 2
Program for the Club's February 17, 2011 meeting:
"Las Conchas Azules (The Blue Shells): Father Kino, Abalones, and the Island of California."
Hans Bertsch, a specialist in opisthobranchs and the marine life of the Panamic Province, will present an
illustrated program including some of the history and fauna of the areas in the northern Golfo de California.[9]
Club News
San Diego Shell Club Meeting Minutes, 20 January 2011; SCUM XV; To All Our Shelling Friends [Open
Invitation to the Club's Annual Auction/Potluck, Saturday, April 6, 2011]. 10.
Articles
Valentín Mogollón Avila and Grace Victoria Montalván Naranjos. First Records of Twenty Species of Turridae
(Mollusca) in Perú, with Notes on Three Other Species. 11-25.
Paul Tuskes. Minus Tides in San Diego for Remainder of 2011. 26.
San Diego Shell Club Membership List, 2011.
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Volume XLIII January 13, 2011 Number 1
Program for the Club's January 13, 2011 meeting:
"Abalone and the Fossil Record: No Baloney." Lindsey Groves of the Natural History Museum of Los
Angeles County will give a slide presentation on the Haliotis from the Late Cretaceous of southern California
when it first appeared in the Recent. [This is the program that was cancelled last July due to illness.] [1].
Club News
San Diego Shell Club Meeting Minutes, 18 November 2010; The Annual SCUM Meeting, January 21, 2011;
Dues are Due; Club's Annual Auction Date.
Articles
Susan J. Hewitt. "A 40-Minute Survey of the Marine Mollusks of the Island of Saint Kitts, Leeward Islands,
West Indies." 3-5.
Daniel H. Blustein and Roland C. Anderson. "Octopuses Drill Crab Chelae on the Inside (Oral Side)." 6-7.
Low Tides for 2011 at San Felipe, Baja California, México. 8.
In Memoriam: Mary "Pecten" Flentz, 1916-2010. 8.
In Memoriam: Gladys Weber, 1914-2010. 8.
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