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Articles

The following articles by Club members are a selection from Pallidula magazine from recent years. To submit your own article for possible publication, see the page on contributing to the site.
Protected species:
  • Protected species and the BSCC by Tom Walker and John Whicher
Shelling in the UK:
  • Barrow-in-Furness by Selina Wilkins
  • Carmarthenshire by Jonathan Welsh
  • Devon, Budleigh Salterton to Paignton by Geoff Cox
  • Devon, Westward Ho! and Croyde by Selina Wilkins
  • Jersey by Selina Wilkins
  • Newquay by John Fisher
  • North Norfolk by Selina Wilkins
  • Western Scotland by Jonathan Welsh
Shelling trips abroad:
  • Andalucia by Carl Ruscoe
  • Anguilla and Antigua by John, Jenny, Alex and Charlotte Whicher
  • Bali by John, Jenny, Alex and Charlotte Whicher
  • Borneo by John, Jenny, Alex and Charlotte Whicher
  • Cape Peninsula, South Africa by Alan Seccombe
  • Canaries by Jonathan Welsh
  • The Gambia by Carl and Craig Ruscoe
  • Hawaii, Tahiti and Cook Islands by John and Goga Batt
  • Japan by John and Jenny Whicher
  • New Caledonia by John Batt
  • North West USA by John Whicher
  • South Africa by Gavin Malcolm
  • Trouville by Selina Wilkins
  • Zanzibar by Janet T. Sawyer
Families and species:
  • Haliotidae by Simon Taylor
  • Fossil Cypraeidae by Julian Joseph
  • A new subspecies of Cypraeovula capensis by Alan Seccombe
  • A new form of Leporicypraea mappa viridis by John Batt
  • The importance of naming forms and variations by John Batt
  • The Pleurotomariidae of the J. Batt Collection by John Batt
The unusual:
  • An insight into collecting sinistral shells by Carl Ruscoe
  • The priest, the politician and the ballerina by Kevin Brown
  • Conchophilately or shells on stamps by Tom Walker
  • A brief history of shell buttons by John Llewellyn-Jones
  • The Peter Coke Shell Gallery by Selina Wilkins
  • Collecting in the surf by Gavin Malcolm
  • Pesky Pisce by Andy Wakefield

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