Reference Books

For the beginner, three good books written by members of our club are:

• Abbott, R. Tucker & Dance, S. Peter, 1990. Compendium of Seashells
  ISBN0-915826-17-8
• Dance, S. Peter, 1974. The Collectors Encyclopedia of Seashells
  ISBN1-872532-05-5
• Wye, Kenneth R., 1991. The Encyclopedia of Shells
  ISBN0-7858-1233-4

Each gives excellent pictures and summaries on a wide variety of worldwide shells.

• Arthur, Alex, 1989. Eyewitness Guide: Shells
• Dance, S. Peter, 1966. Shell Collecting - an Illustrated History
• Dance, S. Peter, 1972. Shells and Shell Collecting
• Dance, S. Peter, 1974. The Shell Collectors' Guide
• Dance, S. Peter, 1986. A History of Shell Collecting
• Dance, S. Peter & Heppell, David, 1991. Classic Natural History Prints: Shells
• Dance, S. Peter, (edited) Bosch, D. T., Dance, S. Peter, Moolenbeek R. G. & Oliver, P. G. Seashells of Eastern Arabia
• Dance, S. Peter, 1992. Eyewitness Handbook: Shells
• Oliver, A. P. H., 1975. Hamlyn Guide to Shells of the World
• Saunders, Graham, 1979. Spotter's Guide to Shells
• Saunders, Graham, 2001. Usborne Spotter's Sticker Book: Shells
• Scase, Robert & Storey, Eric, 1975. The World of Shells
• Thomas, Ingrid, 2007. The Shell - A World of Decoration and Ornament - New publication. See review here.
• Walker, Tom, 1995. Collect Shells and Other Molluscs on Stamps
• Wye, Kenneth R., 1989. Mitchell Beazley Pocket Guide to Shells of the World
• Wye, Kenneth R., 2003. The Shell Handbook

One of the best listings of books by family, region etc can be found on the website of the Sydney Shell Club:

• Regional Books
• Books on Shell Families Gastropods
• Books on Shell Families Bivalves

Members of our club have participated in the following specialist publications:

• Dixon, R. M., 1977. A Provisional Catalogue of Recent Species of Naticidae
• Dixon, R. M., 1984. An Analytical Checklist of Sowerby's Species of Natica
• Filmer, R. M. A catalogue of nomenclature and taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758-1998
  ISBN 90-5782-077-3
• Howlett, Derek & Baker, Roy. Freshwater Bivalve Mollusca of Norfolk
• Lorenz, Felix, and Fehse, Dirk, 2009. The Living Ovulidae (Conchbooks, Hackenheim, Germany)
• Lorenz, Felix, 2002. New Worldwide Cowries (Conchbooks, Hackenheim, Germany)
• Lorenz, Felix, 2001. Monograph of the Living Zoila (Conchbooks, Hackenheim, Germany)
• Lorenz, Felix, and Hubert, Alex, 2nd ed., 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries (Conchbooks, Hackenheim, Germany).
• Osborn, G., Pirrie, J. & Wallis, M., 1986. The Mollusca of Northampton
• Pinn, Fred, 1978. Shells of East Africa
• Pinn, Fred, 1990. Sea Snails of Pondicherry

The following guides to British shells have been published but regrettably some are out of print:

• Beedham, Gordon E. Identification of the British Mollusca (Out of print)
  Published by Hulton Press, ISBN 0 7175 0593 6
• Cameron, Robert, 2003. Field Studies Council Key: Land Snails in the British Isles
• Graham, Alastair, FRS. Molluscs: Prosobranch & Pyramidellid Gastropods Published for the Linnaean Society of London by E. J. Brill / Dr W. Backhuys, ISBN 90 04 08771 0
• Kerney, M. P. & Cameron, R. A. D. A Field Guide to the Land Snails of Britain and North-West Europe
  Published by Collins, ISBN 0 00 219676 X
• Killeen, I. J., Aldridge, D.C. & Oliver, P. G., 2004. Freshwater Bivalves of Britain and Ireland
• McMillan, Nora, 1968. British Shells (Out of print)
  Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd, ISBN 0 7232 0965 0
• Tebble, Norman. British Bivalve Seashells (out of print) Published by HMSO, ISBN 0 11 491401 X

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