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BELGIAN SOCIETY FOR CONCHOLOGY – B.V.C. |
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Belgische Vereniging voor
Conchyliologie Belgian
Society for Conchology -
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The BELGIAN SOCIETY for CONCHOLOGY – B.V.C. The Belgian
Society for Conchology (BVC) concentrates on : ·
the collecting
of shells, ·
the study
of molluscs, marine as well as land and freshwater molluscs, in
the broadest sense, and ·
the classification
and taxonomy of molluscs. The BVC
contains at present about 250 members, both amateurs and professionals. The
society organizes monthly meetings with talks about the collecting, determination and
study of molluscs, and where members can borrow books and periodicals from
the library and exchange information and shells. The BVC
contains several active study groups that concentrate e.g. on Red Sea
shells, the family of the Neritidae and the Belgian land and freshwater
molluscs. Studies of members of the BVC regularly lead to the description of
new species. The society also maintains regular contacts with both national and
international musea, research institutions and private persons interested in
molluscs. Apart from this the BVC from time to time also organizes field excursions (2 to 3 per
year). The Belgian
Society for Conchology publishes the periodical ‘Gloria Maris’ that
contains both scientific as well as more popular contributions and is distributed
internationally. Finally, the
BVC is the organizer of a yearly International Shell Show that has
grown over the years to become the largest in the world, with about 350
meters of tables full with shells from all over the world and shell
collectors and dealers from about 25 different countries visiting it. |
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