SHELL CLUB
SAN DIEGO
LINKS TO SOCIETIES AND RESOURCES
- A Biotic Database of Indo-Pacific Marine Mollusks A site providing access to nomenclatural,
distribution, and ecological information on Indo-Pacific mollusks.
- All Species Foundation A scientific organization dedicated to the complete inventory of all
species of life on Earth within the next 25 years.
- American Malacological Society An international society promoting interest in the study and
conservation of mollusks.
- Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum A widely known shell museum located in Sanibel Florida.
- Biology Browser A web site providing resources for the life sciences information community.
- Biographical Etymology of Marine Organisms (BEMON) Biographies of taxonomists and
other experts on marine organisms.
- California Academy of Sciences A museum and research society dedicated to exploring,
explaining, and protecting the natural world.
- Catalogue of Life Index of known species.
- Conchologists of America (COA) A shell society devoted to supporting research and sharing
information on mollusks.
- Encylclopedia Smithsonian: Selected Sources of Information on Mollusks A site listing
multi-level books and other information sources on mollusks.
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic information on plants, animals,
fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.
- Malacolog A database for research on the systematics, biogeography, and diversity of Western
Atlantic mollusks.
- Malacological Journals and Newsletters Online Database Catalogue of world-wide serial
publications on mollusks.
- Man and Mollusk Information on mollusks for all levels of interest.
- Marine Biological Laboratory The site of an international center for research, education, and
training in biology, biomedicine, and ecology; information on mollusks and other scientific topics.
- Mollia Information for malacologists, discussion forum, and guidelines for journal authors.
- Ocean Biogeographic Information System (BIOS) Data tables, maps, and distribution
information.
- San Diego Natural History Museum A museum devoted to exhibits, research, and education
aimed at promoting understanding of the natural history of Southern California and the Baja
California peninsula.
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History A leading museum, library, and natural history
research center.
- Southern California Association of Marine Invertebrate Taxonomists (SCAMIT) A scientific
society devoted to the study of marine invertebrate taxonomy in southern California and in
developing a regionally standardized taxonomy.
- Systematic Research Collections (Mollusks) List with links to museums and other locations
holding collections of recent and fossil Mollusca.
- The Taxonomicon A biodiversity information system providing taxonomic classification and
related information.
- Western Society of Malacologists (WSM) A scientific society dedicated to furthering research
in malacology.
- ZIPcodeZoo.com A site devoted to providing information about plants and animals in the natural
world.
- ZooBank A site serving as the official registry of Zoological Nomenclature according to the
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.
