NEW YORK SHELL CLUB NOTES No. 253 June-July-Aug. 1979 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, JUNE 10, 1979, at 2:00 pm 
PROGRAM: CONE SHELLS (illustrated with color slides) 
by William E. Old 
ANNUAL ELECTIONS 

CONTENTS 

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Highlights of the April Meeting Milton Werner 1 
AMU '79 2 
Genevieve Wagner (Obituary) 3 
Malacology in the Soviet Union M. K. Jacobson 3 
Letter re: taxonomy of certain Conus Robert IH. Janowsky 4 
Species & Speciation (Excerpt) Encyclopaedia Brit. 5 
Publications: Cone Shells: A Synopsis of 
the Living Conidae, by Jerry G. Walls Publisher's Release 6 
Mal. Art. of Month, Cellana tramoserica Henry D. Russell 6 
What the Tide Tables Don't Tell You Robert J. L. Wagner 7 
What the Tide Tables Do Tell You Nat'l Ocean Survey 8 
Cypraea sakuraii Habe, 1970 Robert H. Janowsky 8 
THANK YOU 
For your donations of conchs, cones, cowries, cash, cakes, art, 
bivalves, books, and all the other interesting shells and miscella- 
neous items which you contributed, in person and by mail, for our 
April party. Donors were so many we can't list them; each and every 
one contributed to the success of the affair, and we here give you a 
collective THANK YOU. Also, a THANK YOU and applause for the work- 
ers who planned, set up, conducted, and finally cleaned up after 
the party. 

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE APRIL MEETING 
The annual social meeting was notable not only for its familiar at- 
tractions, but also because it had been designated as the occasion 
for celebrating the Club's 30th anniversary. This was considered | 
the appropriate time to vote honorary life membership to the Club's 
founders, Dr. Walter H. Jacobs and M. Karl Jacobson, a bit of busi- 
ness unanimously approved and applauded. President William Walk- 
Witz announced that the National Capital Shell Club had entered 
into the spirit of the day by sending a note of congratulations 
Plus a donation of shells. 
The speaker for this special 
a field in which professiona 
close ties, his interest in, 
shell clubs is outstanding. 
Dr. Abbott's subject was "Helmet Shells and Marine Biogeography." 
peoweatine 4 vonle map marked to show the distribution of helmet 
shells, he pointed out that Easter Island has only one species, 
occasion was Dr. R. Tucker Abbott. In 
1s and amateurs have formed unusually 
and respect for, the activities of 
