This site is all about Shell
collecting - mainly "Specimen shells", which are what a shell collector
collects. Welcome to the Wild and Wonderful World of Conchology
(ie, shell collecting (seashells, landsnails or both))!! If you
already collect specimen shells, or if you are looking for a
fascinating new hobby, we hope you will find what you need on our site.
Please come on in and enjoy!
Welcome! We want to say "Thank you
for your patience" while we are mending our broken links. The website will
have more updates and exciting changes over the coming months! Watch for them!
Welcome to our humble seashells and Conchology site. We have enriched
our Features section recently, and hope you
will find them enjoyable and interesting......or you could just skip
directly to the Worldwide Specimen Shells
lists (seashells and landsnails) (hint, hint!), or the new Exceptional Items
page, where we put some of our Brightest and Best!
Virtually
Yours, Ian Holden.
Use our Search Engine to Search this Site for Specific
Shells. Remember, exact spelling is important!
Feature Guide
1)Illustrated
Checklist of the Living Conidae:
A well researched annotated and illustrated checklist
of the species, subspecies and described (i.e., named) forms of Living Conidae:
over 900 taxa covered.
2)Pecten
Palace: Pectinidae was my "First
Love" in the shell world: the most popular bivalve family, it has incredibly
variable colors and patterns guaranteed to please almost
everybody.
3)SPACE SHELLS ART
GALLERY: We are pleased to
offer a SPLENDIDLY Bizzare collection of imaginative Shell Art (all seashells,
no landlubbers!) sent our way from far away land of Taiwan. The images will
charm your socks off, so why not take a peek!!Space Shells
Gallery
4)Worldwide specimen shells
list (seashells and landsnails): We try to offer a wide
variety of families and species (of both seashells and landsnails)-
hopefully a little "something for nearly everyone"!! Both our grading and our
pricing policies are conservative, to give you the best value for your
"shell-shopping-dollar", and our returns policy is absolute. I try to obtain a
good selection of UNUSUAL ITEMS- specimen shells of
unusual color, pattern, shape ("FREAKS"), or from uncommon localities. Also, I
am fascinated by the Variation of
seashells, especially within any given population, and whenever possible,
put together the most contrasting Variation Sets or
Series possible, given the material at hand - I urge you, the Gentle
Customer, to give these a try - you may be QUITE pleasantly
surprised!!
5) Conchological Links
Page: This is a "Best-of-the-Web" seashells
& such affair, where YOU get an opportunity to
nominate your favorite shell-related sites in various categories, such as "Best
Designed Conchological Site", "Best seashells or landsnails Pictures", Most
Useful Specimen shells Links Site" and "Best All-Round Conchological Site". Why
not take part in the fun??!
6) Gallery of
Shell Images: A collection of selected images
of some of the more beautiful and interesting seashells, pairs and sets we have
sold: some good stuff, so why not take a look?
7) An
Introduction to Shell Collecting: We're just
starting to develop a range of information and resources for people new to the
Hobby of Shell Collecting - this section will grow accordingly, so check back
every now and then, to see what we've come up with!
This site is
about Shell collecting - mainly "Specimen shells", which are what a shell
collector collects. Welcome to the Wild and Wonderful World of
Conchology (ie, shell collecting (seashells, landsnails or
both))!! If you already collect specimen shells, of if you are
looking for a fascinating new hobby, we hope you will find what you need
on our site. Pleasecome on in and enjoy!
By the way, an interesting overall shell collecting site
is:
