A NEW SHELL FRONTIER: FIJI ISLANDS
A NEW SHELL FRONTIER: FIJI ISLANDS   by José Coltro My trip to Fiji started September 1st at night. First to Dallas (a 9½ hour flight); then to Los Angeles (4 hours); then I lost Sunday by crossing the international date line, ...
http://www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=94&q=A_NEW_SHELL_FRONTIER__FIJI_ISLANDS_  - 01/12/2007

Crafting with Sea Shells
By Marie Browning, Marie Browning CreatesClean your shells you have gathered from the beach by scrubbing with soap and water. Bleaching the shell give them a weathered sun baked look and softens the hues thereby blending the look when displayed together. Mix a solution of half bleach and half...
http://www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=23&q=Crafting_with_Sea_Shells  - 12/19/2006

The Excitement of Discovery
by Brian L. McElaney Even more than twenty years after the fact, I still remember the day my particular interest in freshwater shells began. At age 15, I had just returned from a family trip to the Bahamas with a suitcase full of shells....
http://www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=50&q=The_Excitement_of_Discovery  - 12/20/2006

How to clean live seashells
It might be a good idea to check with local authorities where you will be gathering the sea shells as some areas prohibit the practice of collecting live specimens.  If you are lucky enough to gather some live sea shells there are a few methods of cleaning that can be...
http://www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=67&q=How_to_clean_live_seashells  - 12/20/2006

Shell Shades etc. Debuts its Buzzworthy, `Sunsational` Beach/Resort Wear and Accessories
Shell Shades etc. Debuts its Buzzworthy, ‘Sunsational‘ Beach/Resort Wear and AccessoriesWed Jan 10, 7:00 AM ET Boston, MA (PRWeb) January 10, 2007 -- Make shopping for beach/resort wear and accessories a breeze with Shell Shades etc.‘s new, versatile, fashionable,...
http://www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=80&q=Shell_Shades_etc__Debuts_its_Buzzworthy,  - 01/12/2007

ECUADOR: A NEW ADVENTURE
ECUADOR: A NEW ADVENTURE By José Coltro Jr. Marcus and I had been Ecuador before, in 1990 and 1995. Both trips were really great: we found a friendly country, unexplored coast, and lots of shells. Ecuador is a great...
http://www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=111&q=ECUADOR__A_NEW_ADVENTURE  - 01/12/2007

ANTIQUES; Seashells For Love And Money
By WENDY MOONAN Published: April 24, 1998 In Mariah Carey‘s new music video for MTV, she is singing on a giant shell, a Herb Ritts take on Botticelli‘s Venus. One of the best lots in Christie‘s Los Angeles sale of Piero Fornasetti designs on May 19 is a 1950‘s chandelier...
http://www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=138&q=_ANTIQUES;_Seashells_For_Love_And_Money  - 01/12/2007

Toxic treasure: poisons and venoms from deadly animals could become tomorrow‘s miracle drugs. And few places on Earth harbor so many deadly animals as Australia‘s Great Barrier Reef
Natural History, Oct, 2005 by Robert George Sprackland [Australia] has more things that will kill you than anywhere else.... This is a country where even the fluffiest of caterpillars can lay you out with a toxic nip, where seashells will not just sting you but actually sometimes gofer...
http://www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=4&q=Toxic_treasure__poisons_and_venoms_from_deadly  - 12/19/2006

Molluscs of the sea, traditional "sea shells"
While many sea animals produce exoskeletons, usually only those of molluscs (also spelt "mollusk") are normally considered to be "sea shells". The majority of shell-forming molluscs belong to the classes Gastropoda (univalves, or snails) or Bivalvia. Three other shell-bearing classes are...
http://www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=5&q=Molluscs_of_the_sea,_traditional__sea_shells_  - 12/19/2006

Shells in other animals
While not "shells" in the strict sense, a large variety of other animal taxa form exoskeletons of calcium carbonate, chiton or silica which are used for protection, locomotion, defence, structure or feeding. Other sea creatures relationship with a class of The construction of the shell-like...
http://www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=6&q=Shells_in_other_animals  - 12/19/2006

What Is A Shell?
by Lynn Scheu Shells are lovely natural objects, equals in beauty to any flower or butterfly, they are more than just pretty baubles found on beaches. They are the exterior skeletons (exoskeletons) of a group of animals called mollusks. ...
http://www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=7&q=What_Is_A_Shell_  - 12/19/2006

Sea Shells - Marine
by Lynn Scheu When we think of shells, it is seashells that probably come to mind first, in a multiplicity of shapes, colors and patterns. Scallops, cowries, conchs and cones in rainbow hues. Lacy frills, elongate spikes, gleaming ...
http://www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=8&q=Sea_Shells___Marine  - 12/19/2006

How to Collect Seashells
Seashells, also known by biologists as the exoskeletons of critters in the phylum Mollusca, are popular for collectors. Instructions STEP 1: Get more out of your collecting by learning what animals lived in the shells...
http://www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=9&q=How_to_Collect_Seashells  - 12/19/2006

Blood Cells Build Seashells
--MEGAN MANSELL WILLIAMSFor more than 30 years, scientists thought they knew how oysters and other soft-bodied mollusks make their calcified armor. But new research reveals that as oysters build their shells they get help from a surprising source: their blood cells. In the conventional view,...
http://www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=10&q=Blood_Cells_Build_Seashells  - 12/19/2006

Shells in History
Written by Shireen Gonzaga and Marc Airhart For much of human history, seashells have held a prominent place in our culture. They’ve been used as money, medicine, ornaments, and objects of art. They’ve been weighed, measured, sliced and cataloged by scientists. These natural...
http://www.all-about-seashells.com/?id=11&q=Shells_in_History  - 12/19/2006