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The 2011 BSCC Shell Show

Held on 29 October 2011 at Theydon Bois Village Hall.
Show results

One species

1st

2nd

Kevin Brown: Lyrocardium lyratum (Sowerby, 1841)

David McKay: Voluptopsius norvegicus (Gmelin, 1791) – winner of the Scotia Shield

One genus or family

 

No entries

 

British – marine, freshwater or land

 

 

No entries

Foreign – marine, freshwater or land

1st

 

Carl and Craig Ruscoe: “Wonderful shells of the Philippines” ­– winner of the Peter Oliver Cup

Fossils

1st

 

Simon Taylor: “Fossil shipworms”

 

Shell photography (judged by member ballot)

1st

2nd

 

3rd

Sara Cannizzaro: “Graphic Argonaut”

Sara Cannizzaro: “A stranded seashell”

Paul and Selina Wilkins: Lithophaga lithophaga L., 1758

Shellomania

1st

 

2nd

 

J.E. Fray: “Brush up your Shakespeare”

Simon Taylor, Derek Howlett, John Fisher: “Oysters of Mersea”

Junior – age 12 to 16 inclusive

 

1st

 

Theo Tamblyn: “Bivalves of the London Clay” – winner of the John Fisher Trophy

Junior – age 11 and under

 

No entries

Shell of the Show

1st

Craig and Carl Ruscoe: Xenophora granulosa Ponder, 1983 – winner of the Walter Karo Trophy

Dealer Shell of the Show (member ballot)

1st

Koen Fraussen: Bolma girgyllus (Reeve, 1861)

Non-competitive

 

Jennifer Gallican: “A collection of molluscs from Cardiff Museum”

 

 

For more information on the prizes awarded at the Show, see Tom Walker's article here.
Photo gallery
Many thanks to Roberto Rodolico and Selina and Paul Wilkins for taking the photographs.
More photographs on the BSCC Facebook page.

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