NEW YORK SHELL CLUB NOTES No. 24 June-July-Aug.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, JUNE 11th, 1978, at 2:00 p.m. 
PROGRAM: ANNUAL ELECTIONS 
THE PINK SANDS OF ELEUTHERA. JENSONIA. 
(Color slide presentations with taped accompani- 
ment.) by Dorothy Jensen 
CYPRAEA, GEMS OF WORLD SEAS (with color slides) 
by Richard Goldberg 

CONTENTS Page 
Announcements: Elections, Beachcombers' tide, AMU '78 1 
WSM '78, Jax Shell Show '78 2 
Errata re: Molluscan Fauna Brevard Co. Morris K. Jacobson 2 
Highlights of the April Meeting Milton Werner 3 
New member, Changes in Address 3 
Barboza Bocage Museum Destroyed by Fire TeGagiV oa VALVes 4 
Brazilian Malacological Sector, Minas 
Gerais, Celebrates 10th Anniversary 5 
An Unusual Shell Exchange Sam Freed 6 
These Too are Mollusks (pakastess) Morris K. Jacobson a 
Travels of the Scorched Mussel Concholgsts' Newsl. 8 
Malacological Article of the Month 
(Acmaea — predatory starfish) Henry D. Russell 8 
Two Unusual Forms of Conus catus Hwass Robert Janowsky 9 
Record Price for a Seashell (Conus thomae) Robert Janowsky 9 

ANNUAL ELECTIONS 
Nominating Committee Chairman Frank Nelson advises that the follow- 
ing slate will be presented for your approval at the June meeting: 
For president, William R. Walkwitz; for vice-president, Fred Cannon; 
for corresponding secretary, Marie Sussman; for treasurer, Mathilde 
Weingartner; for recording secretary, Milton Werner. Appointive 
posts will be discussed at the meeting. 

FOR BEACHCOMBERS 
For those of you who may be planning an early season trip to Orient 
Beach State Park, the best weekend tide we found listed was -O1 on 
Saturday, June 17th, with the low tide occurring about 2:00 p.m. 
Eastern Daylight Saving time. dr 

AMU 1978 
At this writing we have not received reservation forms for the Amer- 
ican Malacological Union meeting to be held at the University of 
North Carolina campus at Wilmington July 16-21. However, the AMU 
Spring Newsletter contained this pertinent information: "A special 
low price of $15 per day per person is being offered to those who 

