Page 2 May 1978 No. 242 NEW YORK SHELL CLUB Norges 
COA MEETING PLANNED FOR EARLY AUTUMN 
ub will host the 1978 meeting of The Con- 
chologists of America. The tentative date: Wednesday, September 
i October ist 
27th through Saturday, the 30th or possibly Sunday, 5 
The place oe meeting: The Island Inn, located in Westbury, Long 
Island, New York. 
The Long Island Shell Cl 

REVIEW: 1001 QUESTIONS ANSWERED ABOUT THE SEASHORE 
by N. J. Berrill and Jacquelyn Berrill, 1957. Dover Publications, 
Inc., New York, 1976. Unabridged, unaltered republication of the 
original (19573 edition. xii + 305 pp. of text, 167 line drawings 
and 30 black and white photographs. 524 x 84 plastic-bonded paper- 
back 23366-9. Price $4.00 in U.S.A., $4.75 in Canada. 
We applaud the republication of this excellent work which has been 
out of print much too long. It includes sections on collecting, 
what grows and where from plankton, shallow water algaes and beach 
vegetation through echinoderms, mollusks, crustaceans, worms, coe- 
lenterates to a few commonly encountered fishes and sea birds. 
The pages 76 - 137 comprise the section on mollusks but there are 
additional items of reference scattered through other pages. This 
section was of course thoroughly perused, and it was found excep- 
tionally informative and accurate. We found only two small items 
to need updating. These concerned the food of Strombus, which is 
herbivorous but before 1960 was generally reported as a carnivore, 
and the food of Pleuroploca, a carnivore which is not a specific 
feeder (i.e. does not confine itself to preying solely on Tonna). 
There is a fine description of the manner in which the moon snails 
manufacture their sand collars (Question #340) and another of how 
the scallops move about (#382), to mention only two of the 258 
Question and Answer items on mollusks. 
We recommend, with enthusiasm, 1001 QUESTIONS ANSWERED ABOUT THE 
SEASHORE to all who visit the beaches -- Shellers, beachcombers, 
bathers -- including those with small children whose questions often 
Stymie the adults. By all means take the book to the beach, what- 
ever your purpose there. And if you bring material home in sea- 
water, there are notes on keeping an aquarium. 
Just get a copy. 
Dorothy Raeihle 

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MARCH MEETING 
Frank Nelson reported having received a l 
: 4 etter from Frank Abbott- 
et of Perth, Australia, a well-known Voluta expert who is perso! 
$ y known to many members, His letter informs us that, in spite of 
Serious illness, he is planning a trip that will include Zurope 
mie canis : : 
an Mp eo cae points in the United States, with New York as one 
President Veronica Johns reported having learned that member Dr. 
Jane Schick has aci . i 
material will be offered at tho cong em oeeeetion to the club. Mis 
Social meeting. 
Nick Katsaras announced that he will be forced to auction most of 

