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Auckland Shell Club
Formation1931
TypeLearned society, Nonprofit
Purposeto promote and advance the microbial sciences
Location
FieldConchology, Malacology
Websitewww.aucklandshellclub.net.nz

The Auckland Shell Club, also known as the Conchology Section of the Auckland Museum Institute, is a New Zealand society concerned with the study of molluscs and their shells.

History

The club first formed in 1931,[1] as the Conchology Section of the Auckland Institute and Museum.[2] It is the oldest section of the Auckland War Memorial Museum,[3] and is one of only three shell clubs in New Zealand.[4] The first facilitator of the club was Baden Powell.[5] Powell, Richard Dell and Charles Fleming were all early members of the club; Powell focusing on faunistics and taxonomy, while Fleming was more interested in palaeobiogeography.[6] The second facilitator of the club was Czech malacologist Walter Olivier Cernohorsky.[5]

The club used to meet in a dedicated area of the Auckland War Memorial Museum's Malacology Department, where the club's library was also kept.[5]

From 1962 to 2014, the shell club has published Poirieria, a journal available at the Biodiversity Heritage Library.[7]

The Auckland Shell Club takes part in the New Zealand Shell Show, an event that occurs every two years, alternatively held in Auckland and Wellington.[8][9]

Current and former members

References

  1. ^ Abadia, Karina (1 May 2013). "Shells are a passion". Stuff. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b Beu, Alan; Marshall, Bruce; Ponder, Winston (2003). "Richard Kenneth ('Dick') Dell, 1920–2002: obituary, bibliography and a list of his taxa". Molluscan Research. 23: 85–99.
  3. ^ "Sections". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  4. ^ Wassilieff, Maggy (12 June 2006). "Shellfish - Shell collecting". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e Thwaites, I. G.; Gill, B. J.; Blom, W. (2015). "Walter Oliver Cernohorsky F.L.S. Surveyor, malacologist – 1927–2014". Papahou: Records of the Auckland Museum. 50: 13–18. ISSN 1174-9202. JSTOR 90014737. Wikidata Q58628995.
  6. ^ a b c Beechey, Des (December 2005). "Dr Bill Rudman and Dr Winston Ponder retire" (PDF). Australasian Shell News. 127. Malacological Society of Australasia. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  7. ^ Crowley, Bianca (22 October 2015). "From Scarborough to Svjatoj Nos: BHL's latest in-copyright additions". Biodiversity Heritage Library. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  8. ^ Mulligan, Jesse. "She seeks sea shells". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  9. ^ Cawley, Rose (1 May 2013). "Shells on show". Stuff. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  10. ^ Blom, Wilma M. (2017). "Fossil and Recent molluscan types in the Auckland Museum Part 2: Polyplacophora and Scaphopoda". Papahou: Records of the Auckland Museum. 52: 71–76. doi:10.32912/RAM.2018.52.5. ISSN 1174-9202. JSTOR 90016663. Wikidata Q104815052.
  11. ^ Bozetti, L; Sargent, Dennis M (2011). "A new species of Euprotomus (Gastropoda: Strombidae) from New Zealand and the Kermadec Islands". Visaya. 3 (3): 23–27.



Category:Auckland War Memorial Museum Category:Conchological societies Category:Scientific organisations based in New Zealand Category:Scientific organizations established in 1931 Category:1931 establishments in New Zealand Category:Non-profit organisations based in New Zealand

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