The Georgia Shell Club
Knobbed Whelk, Busycon carica by Amy Edwards
About the Georgia Shell Club...
The Georgia Shell Club is a non-profit organization dedicated to the appreciation of all aspects of the science and beauty of seashells. We have members at all levels of interest and expertise: from children and novices to professionals and dealers, scientists, crafters, dabblers, artists, and just plain folks.
The club no longer holds regularly scheduled meetings or publishes the Whelk Wavelength newsletter. For articles from past issues please see the online index.
Our Objective is to encourage and dispense knowledge and to cultivate interest in the conservation, history, science, and beauty of Seashells.
The Whelk Wavelength was a monthly newsletter published by the Georgia Shell Club, Inc. Although no longer published, an index and collection of articles from the Whelk Wavelength, spanning the period from 1990 to 1998, is available online. We also offer a search engine so that you can search for articles with any word or phrase.
About the Logo Shell: Our logo shell is the Knobbed Whelk, Busycon carica. It is a common species found from Massachusetts to N.E. Florida. The Georgia Shell Club was instrumental in having the Georgia State Legislature declare the Knobbed Whelk the official state shell of Georgia.
To learn more about the Knobbed Whelk see our Whelk Page.
How to Contact the Georgia Shell Club: You may contact the club through several e-mail addresses. We have some new club officers, listed below with their addresses and web pages, where available.
| Name | Mail Address | Web Page |
|---|---|---|
| Horatio Buck (President) | hbuck@mindspring.com | |
| John Cramer (Vice President) | jcramer@oglethorpe.edu | |
| Bill Fulton (Treasurer) | ||
| Pat Edwards (Recording Secretary) | ||
| Christine Cramer (Corresponding Secretary) | jcramer@oglethorpe.edu | |
| Amy Edwards (Newsletter Editor) | aedwards@museum.nhm.uga.edu | A. L. Edwards personal page |
| Steve Hilliard (Web Editor) | hilliard@cb.uga.edu | FloWeb Home Page |
For suggestions and comments about this page, please contact Steve Hilliard at steve@habanero.cb.uga.edu
Or, use this handy feedback form to send comments on the web page.
Other Seashell-Related Pages:
Here are some pages oriented toward seashells and related topics
that we've heard of. Please let us know of any shell pages that
can be added here (no UNIX shell pages!).
Other regional Shell Clubs on the web!:
- Conchologists of America, Inc. - A national organization of shell clubs: http://coa.acnatsci.org/conchnet/
- North Texas Conchological Society: http://home.earthlink.net/~jcaldeira/ntcs.html
- North Alabama Shell Club: http://fly.hiwaay.net/~dwills/nasc.html
- Hawaiian Malacological Society: http://www.hits.net/~hsn/
- Central Florida Shell Club: http://www.magicnet.net/~lkoestel/cfsc.html
- Naples Shell Club: http://www.naples.net/clubs/nplshell.htm
- Marco Island Shell Club: http://www.naples.net/clubs/shell.htm
- Conchological Club of Southern California: http://www.lam.mus.ca.us/~ccsc/
We have a growing list of shell-related links (Last updated February 17, 1997). That page includes the search forms for the most common Internet search engines right on the page.
Sheashell Images
Take a look at our new list of shell and mollusc image sites!
Seashell Photos: Here's a loosely formatted collection of seashell photographs. The images are in a table format, and the whole page should take approximately two minutes to load on a good 14.4 connection.
The Georgia Shell Club in action! Here's an image of one of the club's outings(38K jpeg), shelling at Wassaw Island, off the coast of Georgia, near Savannah.
Shell Art: Amy Edwards' page has some fantastic art, including several seashell paintings.
Last modified: Mon Sep 27, 1999
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