North Texas Conchological Society
A Dallas-based club for shell enthusiasts and collectors
The Society promotes and stimulates an interest in shells and malacology, as well as in the preservation of natural habitats. Members have diverse interests in specimen shell collecting, seashell art, and other aspects of snails, clams, opisthobranchs and other mollusks.
Emphasis is on marine mollusks, but freshwater, land and fossil mollusks are also included in our fields of interest.
Activities of the Society include:
- Educational programs on sea shells
- Workshops on species identification
- Publication of the Conch Courier newsletter
- Opportunities to buy, sell and trade sea shells
- Social gatherings of North Texas shell enthusiasts
- Domestic and international shelling trips
- Field trips for fossil shell collecting
Meetings are normally at the Dallas Museum of Natural History, located in Fair Park in Dallas, Texas, on the third Sunday afternoon of each month at 1:30 p.m. The specific calendar of events is available by contacting Judy Lewis at 972-416-4712 or judy@outdoorplace.org
The Society is a member of Conchologists of America.
NTCS Membership Information
For more information about joining our society, please see our membership application. Guests are always welcome at a meeting. Membership includes a subscription to our Conch Courier newsletter.
Newsletter Exchange
The North Texas Conchological Society offers to exchange newsletters with other shell collecting, conchology and malacology clubs on a subscription basis. To initiate a newsletter exchange, send a recent issue of your club's newsletter and a short note requesting a newsletter exchange to Judy Lewis at the above address. Failure to receive two consecutive issues of an exchange newsletter will terminate the exchange agreement.
North Texas Conchological Society members webpages
- Isla Holbox - A shelling trip report
- Freshwater Mussels collected near Dallas, Texas
External Links for Shell Enthusiasts
- Conchologists of America home page. Contains information about the organization, mollusk conservation, articles from American Conchologist journal, a listing of shell clubs in Texas and throughout the world.
- Vita Marina & Spirula. Hosted by Vita Marina magazine, this site lists shell shows, a directory of cyber conchologists and malacologists, an art gallery, and more.
- Mollusca Listserv for e-mail networking related to mollusks.
- Tide Predictor program for predicting the times and magnitude of high and low tides at hundreds of locations throughout the world.
- Texas River Flow and Lake Level Conditions from the U.S. Geological Survey, from over 500 locations (Choose the 'Real-time Data link on this page).
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