CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
The current restrictions on travel and assembly in the UK mean some cancellations to our events calendar for 2020 – please see the events calendar page on this website, where updates will be posted in due course. You can also stay in touch via the Club Facebook page. To all our members and visitors, and the dealers who support our Club – we hope you and your families stay safe and well and we look forward to seeing you again later this year.
The current restrictions on travel and assembly in the UK mean some cancellations to our events calendar for 2020 – please see the events calendar page on this website, where updates will be posted in due course. You can also stay in touch via the Club Facebook page. To all our members and visitors, and the dealers who support our Club – we hope you and your families stay safe and well and we look forward to seeing you again later this year.
Welcome.
About the Club The BSCC aims to promote interest in all aspects of conchology and shell collecting and to stimulate an exchange of information and specimens.
We strongly encourage the use of good environmental practices when collecting specimens.
The BSCC was founded in 1972 and we held our first exhibition in 1976. The range of our activities is very wide, from the scientific study of living and fossil molluscs to making shell art, or collecting items depicting or made from shells. Our twice-yearly magazine Pallidula contains club news and articles written by members. Our meetings provide opportunities to display specimens to members and the general public, and it is usually possible to find an expert on any shell group to help you name your latest finds.
Wherever you are in the world, we hope that you will think of joining us.
We strongly encourage the use of good environmental practices when collecting specimens.
The BSCC was founded in 1972 and we held our first exhibition in 1976. The range of our activities is very wide, from the scientific study of living and fossil molluscs to making shell art, or collecting items depicting or made from shells. Our twice-yearly magazine Pallidula contains club news and articles written by members. Our meetings provide opportunities to display specimens to members and the general public, and it is usually possible to find an expert on any shell group to help you name your latest finds.
Wherever you are in the world, we hope that you will think of joining us.
About this website The BSCC website aims to encourage more frequent exchange of information than is possible with a biennial meeting and journal alone. For non-members, the site provides an introduction to the fascinating world of shell collecting. We hope the site will expand to cater for the needs of our members and non-members in various ways.
If you are already a member of the BSCC we hope that you will contribute to the site by submitting articles and photographs, and in any other ways you wish.
Banner shows Littorina obtusata L., 1758 on seaweed. Photograph by Colin Goss
Shell News
Lockdown photo challenge
Cleaned, organised and catalogued your shell collection from A to Z and back again? How about entering an informal BSCC photo competition? For details of the week's theme and how to enter, see the Club Facebook page.
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Spring Pallidula out
Including articles on the Terebridae, Neobuccinum eatoni and the Harpa of Pitcairn, the importance of scientific nomenclature, and the search for new antibiotics in molluscan slime.
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BSCC Shell Show 2019
This year's Show on 26 October was rain-lashed but still enjoyed by all. For a report with photos and competition results, see here.
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