Ideas please-Stimulating Interest in Malacology

Council has asked the Secretary, Prof Georges Dussart, to lead an education sub-committee of The Society. Among the ideas discussed in council were guidelines for possible student projects, for either individuals or groups, but we are anxious to canvass ideas over as wide a field as possible. Georges invites members with an interest in developing and fostering an enthusiasm for molluscs and an appreciation of the potential uses of all branches of malacology to contact him by mail or email.

Unitas 2007 in Antwerp

The next congress of Unitas Malacologica will be held in Antwerp, Belgium, organised by the new President of Unitas, Dr Thierry Backeljau.

Melvill-Tomlin Mollusc Collection on line

After 25 years preparation, the National Museum and Galleries of Wales announces that the entire Melvill-Tomlin collection is databased and online to search for genera, species, type specimens, localities etc. In the near future, images of type specimens will be displayed.

The collections can be viewed at:

http://zoology.nmgw.ac.uk:591/Museum/mollusca.htm

The late T C Lan

Mr Lan Tsu-Chiao, president of the malacological society of Taiwan died on 27 June 2004 in Taipei.

The late David Heppell

Dr Heppell, formerly of the Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, died in April in Canada. An obituary will appear in the Journal of Conchology.

Walkerana

This journal, founded in 1980, dealing mostly with freshwater and terrestrial molluscs, has become the official journal of the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society. The new editors are Kevin Cummings ksc...@inhs.uiuc.edu and Daniel Graf gra...@acnatsci.org

Information about past numbers can be obtained at http://www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/mollusks/index.html

The Veliger

The new editor is Dr Carol Tang: cta...@calacademy.org

 

 AGM, Kingston.

From left to right :- Ben Rowson,Sebastien,Villie Flari, Maryvonne Charrier, GeorgesDussart, June Chatfield, Bill Bailey, Richard Cook.

Photo: Jaqui Trigwell.