pe oeeT oot eed at No. 234._NEW YORK SHELL CLUB Novas 
AMERICAN MALACOLOGICAL UNION CONVENTION 
1 Union, held 
h rd Annual Meeting of the American Malacologica ’ 
Faay 40 - 15 in weples? Florida, was a very well sete — 
200 members and guests -- and exceptionally well conducte Boe Yr. 
The accommodations in the Beach Club Hotel on the shores o e 
Gulf of Mexico were luxurious and the program excellently organized 
and presented. Of particular interest was the symposium conducted 
jointly by the AMU and the Systematics Association on the EVOLUTION 
AND ADAPTIVE RADIATION OF THE MOLLUSCA in which a number of promi- 
nent British scholars took part, including Dr. Arthur J. Cain of 
the University of Liverpool. Abstracts of these talks appeared in 
the printed program (which had a striking cover designed by Mr. Hal 
Lewis of Philadelphia) and the complete lectures will appear in a 
future number of the periodical MALACOLOGIA. 
There were several field trips, the writer participating in the one 
to Hammock 88 where, for the first time in his life, he collected 
about a dozen or so live Liguus from high up on some smooth-barked 
trees. These specimens Witt be released on the grounds of Mrs. 
Jeanne Whiteside's home on Merritt Island, Brevard County, Florida, 
an area far north of the natural limits of Liguus but possessing 
the same climatic and faunal conditions of Southern Florida where 
Liguus abounds. It will be interesting to see if the colony can 
SER Tein itself. It was good to see Dr. William J. Clench of Har- 
vard University, a renowned "Ligger" and "Lig" expert who is about 
to celebrate his 80th birthday, plodding along vigorously with the 
entire group unhindered by the heat, closeness, humidity, mud, 
briars, and mosquitoes -- conditions which were for a moment too 
much for this writer. There were other field trips for fossilers 
and dredgers. 
A book auction conducted by William Old with his customary verve 
brought in a gratifyingly large sum of money for the treasury of the 
AMU. The annual banquet, a sumptuous affair, was preceded by a de- 
corous cocktail party on a beautiful lawn right on the shores of 
the Gulf. Mosquitoes were absent, the weather cooperated, and the 
sunset clouds over the blue Gulf water quite enchanted everyone, 
even those with more than one martini inside. Dr. Cain's lively 
and witty banquet address kept the audience in a constant state of 
delighted laughter. The Texas contingent again favored us with the 
usual generous Texas Party which brok : 
hours of dawn. J oke up, finally, in the early 
All in all, this convention, chaired superbly by Dr. G avis 
of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadsipiia BEeosons of the 
most impressive and Successful I have ever attended. Much of the 
success of this event is largely due to the tireless efforts of the 
Naples Shell Club under the chairmanship of Mr. Jerome M. Bijur who 
Spared no efforts to make everyone happy. : : 
Dr. Carol B. Stein of Ohio State Universi i 
ity will serve as president 
Se sla be So Mee en Miah yee E. Old of the evi cen Nassim 
-elect. e 44th annual meeting will b 
held early in July, 1978 in Wilmin E i 
gton, North Caro -- 
A core access to members of the New York and es pn rahe 
ubs and other groups in the northeastern area, 
M. K. Jacobson 
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