
NEW YORK SHELL CLUB NOTES No. 242 May 1978 Page 1 
The NEW YORK SHELL CLUB meets on the second Sunday of each month, 
September through June, in 
ROOM 319, AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 
NEXT MEETING: SUNDAY, MAY 14, 1978 at 2:00 PM 
SPECIAL TOUR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOSSIL AND LIVING 
PROGRAM INVERTEBRATES AND THE AMNH SHELL COLLECTION 
guided by Dr. William K. Emerson and Mr. 
William E. Old. 
We meet as usual in Room 319 and proceed 
from there. 

CONTENTS Page 
Dr. Abbott honored by American Littoral Society 1 
Announcements: NYSC June meeting, AMU 1978 1 
Conchologists of America, meeting dates Martin Lerner 2 
Review: 1001 Questions Answered about the 
Seashore (Berrill & Berrill) Dorothy Raeihle 2 
Highlights of the March meeting Milton Werner 2 
N.Y. Aquarium acquires live Nautilus Daily News 3 
Of Local Mollusks: Urosalpinx cinerea Dorothy Raeihle 4 
Another Living Fossil (1sopod) New York Times 5 
Some Notes on Cypraea guttata Gmelin, 1791 Robert Janowsky 6 

DR. ABBOTT HONORED 
At the annual meeting of the American Littoral Society March 18th 
the James Dugan Award was given to Dr. R. Tucker Abbott in recogni- 
tion of his outstanding services in marine science. 
Jim Dugan died June 1, 1967, off Panama City, Florida, after a 2100- 
foot experimental vessel dive in the DeSoto Trench. The American 
Littoral Society established the award in his honor. 

OUR JUNE 11th MEETING will be special, too. First the annual elec- 
tions, then (postponed from May 14th) three short presentations: 
The Pink Sands of Eleuthera, Positions, and Artifacts -- all color 
slides with taped narration -- by Dorothy Jensen. Following inter- 
mission, Richard Goldberg will give us Cypraea -- Gems of World 
Seas, also with color slides. 

AMU - 1978: 
The 44th Annual Meeting of the American Malacological Union will be 
held at the University of North Carolina campus at Wilmington July 
16-21. The hosts of the meeting, North Carolina Shell Club members, 
have been planning some very special activities for this year's pro- 
gram, beginning with the Low Country Shrimperoo plus the President's 
Reception on Sunday to a choice of field trips -- marine, freshwater, 
land, or fossil -- later in the week. More details later, but mark 
your calendar NOW. 
From: AMU NEWSLETTER 
Spring, 1978 

