BELGISCHE VERENIGING VOOR CONCHYLIOLOGIE – B.V.C.

 

 

 

Belgische Vereniging voor Conchyliologie

 

Belgian Society for Conchology

 

-          Introduction

-          Short history and overview of activities

-          Board

-          Meetings

-          Calender of meetings

-          BVC  Shell Show

-          Excursions

-          Periodical ‘Gloria Maris’

-          Library

-          Membership

-          Section ‘Coast’

-          Links

 

Some interesting websites

 

 

Societies

 

Australia  -  The Malacological Society of Australasia
http://www.austmus.gov.au/science/division/invert/mal/malsoc/index.htm

 

 

Belgium  -  Société Belge de Malacologie

http://www.sbm.be.tf/

 

Belgium  -  Belgian Society for Conchology – Section ‘Coast’

http://www.neptunea.org/

 

 

France  -  Association Française de Conchyliologie
http://www.xenophora.org/

 

 

Germany  -  Deutsche Malakozoologische Gesellschaft

http://www.hausdernatur.de/hncengl.htm

 

 

Great-Brittany  -  The Malacological Society of London
http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/MalacSoc

 

 

Internationaal - Unitas Malacologica

http://www.ucd.ie/zoology/unitas/

 

 

 

Italy  -  Società Italiana di Malacologia
http://aicon.com/sim

 

 

Latvia  -  Malacology in Latvia
http://mollusca.from.lv

 

 

Netherlands  -  Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging 
http://www.spirula.nl/

 

 

Poland  -  The Association of Polish Malacologists
http://hum.amu.edu.pl/~polmal/smp/logo.htm

 

 

United States  -  Conchologists of America
http://www.conchologistsofamerica.org/

 

 

 

Museums and Institutes

 

 

Royal belgian Institute for Natural Sciences

http://www.kbinirsnb.be/

 

 

Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle de Paris

http://www.mnhn.fr/base/malaco.html

 

 

Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la Ville de Genève
http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/mhng/

 

 

Natural History Museum London (Britisch Museum of Natural History)

http://www.curator.org/LegacyVMNH/index.htm

 

 

 

 

Index Animalium

The Index Animalium of Sherborn (on line on the website of the Smithsonian Library) contains the references to all original descriptions of species from 1758 until 1850. The site contains several search options. bevat de referenties naar alle originele.

http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/indexanimalium

 

 

 

Shell collectors, dealers, bio-diversity, etc. …

 

www.conchology.be   website of Guido & Philippe Poppe; probably the largest offer of specimen shells in the world

   

http://www.shellinegroup.com/      international dealer of  "top quality worldwide specimen shells”; the first Italian "e-commerce" on conchology

 

www.molluscan.com   

 

www.somali.asso.fr/clemam   checklist of European marine molluscs (Musée Nationale d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris)

 

http://home.scarlet.be/~albert07     website on fossils by Albert Vermeiren