NEW YORK SHELL CLUB NOTES No. 24 October 1978 Page 1 
The NEW YORK SHELL CLUB meets on the second Sunday of each month, 
September through June, in 
ROOM 426, AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 
NEXT MEETING: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1978, at 2:00 p.m. 
PROGRAM: Mr. Peter Dance: 
"Hugh Cuming; Prince of Shell Collectors" 
CONTENTS 
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Announcing change of meeting room 1 

International Malacological Exhibit 
To Start Rebuilding a Library 
Who Likes Mollusks? Morris K. Jacobson 
Did You Know..About Fossil Pearls Frank Burns 
Highlights of the June Meeting Milton Werner 
A Helix Misplaced? M. K. Jacobson 
A Hundred Years Ago William B. Dick's Encyc. 
ICZN re: Venus pensylvanica, Calyp- Conchologists' Newsletter 
traea striata. ootnote by Dorothy Raeihle 
Cypraea leucodon Broderip, 1828 Robert Janowsky 

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WE MEET IN ROOM 426 
Please notice that the New York Shell Club has been assigned Room 
426 (instead of 319) for the 1978-79 season. This room is identical 
to 319 and is located just above it. 

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBIT 
The American Museum of Natural History was among those to exhibit 
shells typical of this country at the International Malacology Exhi- 
bition held during July and August at Cupra Marittima, on the Adri- 
atic coast of Italy. The Department of Mollusks chose, generally, 
marine species of economic importance (Mercenaria, Busycon, etc.) to 
send for exhibit. Ohio State's Museum of “Zoology contributed some 
freshwater species, and Texas and other areas also contributed. 

TO START REBUILDING A LIBRARY 
In NYSC NOTES No. 243, pp. 4,5, we printed a letter describing the 
fire last March at the Barboza du Bocage Museum of Lisbon, Portugal, 
with the complete loss of the Natural History Section with its mol- 
lusean collections and library. The author of the letter wrote of 
the desolation of no literature. NAUTILUS of July, 1978 also notes 
the disaster and the need for gifts of malacological literature with 
the plea, "Please help their rise from the ashes." 
It is suggested that at this time contributions be confined to mala- 
) cological literature including reprints. Such library materials may 
be sent to the attention of: Ilidio A V Felix Alves, Praceta Eduardo 
Pereira Roque, lote 1, R/C, frente, Sao Pedro do Estoril, Portugal. 
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