The best seashell links for collectors and dealers.

         
           

 

 

Seashell Collector (by David Touitou, France)

The largest information portal for seashell collectors.

   
 

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Shell Encyclopedia (by Guido T. Poppe, Belgium)

This conchological megadatabase is the largest iconographic overview on mollusks.

 

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Gastropods.com (by Eddie Hardy, Great Britain)

A partly illustrated catalogue of recent marine gastropods.

   
 

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WoRMS - Mollusca (by Mark J. Costello & team, New Zealand)

World register of marine species.

 

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Man and Mollusc Directory (by Avril Bourquin, British Columbia/Canada)

A lot of great shell links.

   
 

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Shell Directory (by Fulvio Ferraiolo, Italy)

Large shell directory by Shelldimension.com.

 

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Worldwide Conchology (by Richard L. Goldberg, USA)

A large information portal for shell collectors.

   
 

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WRS Shells (by Philippe Quiquandon & J.P. Barbier, France)

World record size shells. The official database of world records on internet.

 

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Excelsushells (by Alister Moncur, Great Britain / Philippines)

Specimen shell galery. Philippine and Indo Pacific seashells.

   
 

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Concha - Muszle (by Jacek Glanc, Poland)

Information portal for shell collectors.

 

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Alboran Shells (by Marthe Bellocq et al., Spain)

Guide of seashells from the Alboran Sea and North West Africa, Morocco to Guinea including the Canary Islands.

   
 

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Taurus (by Loic Limpalaer, France)

Seashell guide (iconography) for families Cypraeidae, Conidae, Strombidae, Neritidae, Littorinidae, Cerithiidae and other.

 

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Schooner Specimen Shells (by Ian Holden, Canada)

Guide for seashell collectors.

   
 

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Muszle.net (by Krzysztof Kuzniar, Poland)

Information portal for seashell collectors.

 

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Shells´n´snails (by Evgeny Timoshenko, Russia)

Information portal  for seashell collectors.

   
 

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Crimean malacological site (by Sergey Leonov, Russia)

Information portal  for seashell, freshwater and landsnail collectors.

 

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CONCO (by Reto Stöcklin & team, Switzerland)

The cone snail genome project for health.

   
 

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Cone Shell Conotoxins (by Bruce Livett, Australia)

Information portal about Conidae and their importance for scientific and medical research.

 

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Conus Biodiversity (by Alan J. Kohn, USA)

Information portal and catalogue of Conidae.

   
 

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An Illustrated Checklist of Recent Conidae (by Paul Kersten, Netherlands)

Original checklist of the living Conidae.

   
 

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Checklist of the Living Conidae (by Paul Kersten, Netherlands)

New checklist of the living Conidae on The Cone Collector web.

 

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Western Atlantic Coneshells (by Andre Poremski, USA)

Population plates of western atlantic coneshells.

   
 

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Cowries.info (by Felix Lorenz, Germany)

Information portal about family Cypraeidae and eshop with quality cowries.

   
 

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Beautiful Cowries (by Marco Passamonti, Italy)

Website fully dedicated to the beautiful world of cowries.

 

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Conchologist at Work (by Paolo Orsina, Italy)

Information web about family Cypraeidae, so called Cowrypedia.

   
 

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Cowrie Genetic Database Project (by Chris Meyer et al., USA)

The Cowrie Genetic Database Project (CGDP) has been established to rigorously examine the phylogenetic relationships within this diverse group of marine snails using a variety of DNA molecular markers.

 

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Cypraea.net (by Pascuale Fazzini, Mirco Bergonzoni, Italy)

The interesting website about family Cypraeidae.

   
 

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Hawaiian cowries of the Recent age (by Robert Dayle, xxxx)

Information web about cowries living in Hawaiian Islands.

 

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Japanese Cowries (by xxxx, Japan)

Other web about family Cypraeidae with accent on japanese cowries.

   
 

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Marginella glabella Complex (by Flavio Mattavelli, Italy)

Reference guide Marginella glabella complex.

   
 

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Eurasiashells - Mitroidea (by Emmanuel Guillot de Suduiraut, Philippines)

Iconography of Mitridae and Costellaridae.

   
 

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Neritopsine Gastropods (by Melissa Frey, USA)

The Neritopsine LifeDesk is an interactive platform for researchers and enthusiasts of nerites.

   
 

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The Oliva (by Maurizio A. Perini, Italy)

Information portal about Olividae.

   
 

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Oliva porphyria (by Philippe Guyot-Sionnest, France)

Information portal about Oliva porphyria.

 

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eBivalvia (by A.F. Sartori et al., USA)

eBivalvia is the electronic catalogue of mollusc diversity. eBivalvia feeds content directly into the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL). eBivalvia was established with the generous support of the Encyclopedia of Life Rubenstein Fellows Program (2011).

   
 

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Marine Bivalve Shells of the British Isles (by National Museum Wales, UK)

Information portal about marine bivalve shells living in waters of the British Isles.

 

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Bivalves in Time and Space (by Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago - USA)

This project seeks to develop bivalves as a preeminent model for macroevolutionary studies.

   
 

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The Bivalve Mollusks (by Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago - USA)

Bivalvia project (BivAToL) is a part of the Assembling the Tree of Life initiative, a large research effort sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Its goal is to reconstruct the evolutionary origins of all living things.

 

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Poppe Images - Live Shells (by Guido T. Poppe, Belgium)

Photo galleries of living shells.

   
 

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Live Seashells Picture Database (by David Touitou, France)

The wonderful world of live seashells photography (Conidae, Cypraeidae).

 

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Bluewater Coast - Shells Alive (by Rob Clifton, Australia)

Photo gallerie of living shells, australian cowries (Zoila...).

   
 

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