Combined INDEX to Volumes 1-48 of the COA Bulletin and American
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Index to Conchologists of America Bulletin and American Conchologist, 1974 - 2020 no. 1 - vol. 48, supplements, and special publications COA Indexing Committee Bruce Neville, Chair Amelia Ann Dick Tom Grace Harry G. Lee Tina Neville Ed Shuller January 2021 Conchologists of America Special Publication no. 4 This publication is produced under a cc-by-nc license. Table of Contents Preamble........................................................................................................................................................................ 5 How to Use This Index ................................................................................................................................................... 6 Reporting Errors ............................................................................................................................................................ 6 Chronology .................................................................................................................................................................... 7 COA Conventions ........................................................................................................................................................... 9 Neptunea Award .......................................................................................................................................................... 10 Molluscan Taxa Index .................................................................................................................................................. 11 People, Clubs, and Organizations Index .................................................................................................................... 117 Geography Index........................................................................................................................................................ 187 General Topics Index ................................................................................................................................................. 197 Preamble The fledgling Conchologists of America published its first Bulletin in 1974. Those early Bulletins were little more than hand-typed newsletters of a few pages each. The first ten issues did not even bear dates. It was issued irregularly, with two to four issues per year. The editors begged for material in each issue and generally received little. Okay, some things never change. Each editor has been limited by the technology (and funding) of their time, and each has made significant and lasting contributions to the growth of the journal. As the organization grew, the format of the Bulletin stabilized and the Neptunea logo was adopted. Twenty-six issues of the Conchologists of America Bulletin were issued from 1974 to 1982. With number 27, the Bulletin was renumbered volume 10, number 3. In June 1987, with volume 15, number 2, the Bulletin was renamed American Conchologist, which name it has retained to this day. The early numbers of American Conchologist continued the format of the Bulletin, but the hand-typed, black-and-white “newsletter” has evolved into a sophisticated full-color journal of scientific quality. The journal still retains the original mission of reporting the organization’s social activities of its annual convention and the shows of its member organizations. The Bulletin and the earliest volumes of American Conchologist (through vol. 19, no. 4) were indexed by Winston Barney, and that index was distributed at the COA 20th Anniversary Convention in 1992 in Jacksonville, Florida. A second index to volumes 20-24 was produced by a committee of indexers and issued in 1997, but is not widely available. These indexes had ten sections: Topics, Authors and Artists, People in the News, Clubs and Shows, Trophy Winners, Publications, Marine Shells, Land Shells, Freshwater Shells, and Fossils. In 2018, the Board of Directors discussed the question of the backlog of back issues, the potential to digitize those issues, and the need for an index to the journal. A committee of volunteers was formed to attempt the actual indexing. The committee included (alphabetically) Amelia Ann Dick, Tom Grace, Harry G. Lee, Bruce Neville (Chair), and Ed Shuller. Tom Eichhorst, Editor of American Conchologist, provided additional support. Editorial assistance was provided by Bruce’s sister, Tina Neville. Alan Gettleman provided helpful comments on historical aspects of the organization. Tom Grace, Anne Joffe, and Harry Lee were invaluable in intepreting the many name variations for the people index. It was decided to combine all of the earlier sections into four: Molluscan Taxa (marine, land, freshwater, and fossil), People and Clubs, Geography, and General Topics (i.e., everything else). The committee divided these sections among themselves and produced an index to volumes 25-46 (1997-2018), which was presented at the 2019 Annual Convention in Captiva, Florida. Because of its length (158 pages), no printed index was distributed, and the index was published as a searchable pdf on the organization’s website, along with pdf’s of the two original indexes. Because the index is divided into four sections, it was necessary in many cases to make decisions as to which index into which to put a particular entry; this decision was often arbitrary. If you don’t find what you seek where you expect it to be, try using the “search” function in the pdf. The initial plan to scan and incorporate the earlier indexes into one comprehensive index proved to be impractical because of the many philosophical differences in indexing between the earlier attempts and the present one. Thus, during 2019 and early 2020, Bruce Neville and Tina Neville undertook to reindex the earlier volumes using the current format. Both contributed to the indexing of the content, and Tina handled the monumental task of merging and alphabetizing the many files. In that time, vol. 47 (2019) was published and has also been incorporated into the index. The result is this single, comprehensive index to all 47 volumes of the publications of the Conchologists of America. As before, this index is being published only online as a searchable pdf. It is published under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC license. It is planned to reissue the index each year after the completion of another volume of American Conchologist. How to use this index Because of the differences in numbering systems, citations in this index use three different formats. References in the early numbers of the Conchologists of America Bulletin are cited as issue number and page, e.g., #15:4. References in later issues of the Bulletin and the American Conchologist are cited as volume, (issue), and page, e.g., 30(3):16. The special publications are cited as “SpPub,” e.g., SpPub2:6. So far, only Special Publication 2, the history, is indexed. The single supplement (thus far) is cited as “supp1”, e.g, supp1:6. Multiple citations to the same subject are separated by a slash. In all sections, an asterisk (*) indicates an illustration. Each of the sections has additional notations that are described at the head of that section. Examples are: candeanus, Antillophos 36(3):5,6* / 36(4):8 forskalii leucothea, Peristernia 36(3):18* [taxa cited with sub- or infraspecific names are indexed under both all species-group epithets in the Molluscan Taxa index] leucothea, Peristernia forskalii 36(3):18* [taxa cited with sub- or infraspecific names are indexed under both all species-group epithets in the Molluscan Taxa index] rehderi, Cymatium 36(4):4,6** / 37(1):3** [double asterisks in the Molluscan Taxa index indicate an illustration of a living animal] Broward Shell Club 41(1):30-31 (show) [“show” in the People and Clubs index indicates report of annual shell show] Brunner, Jim 41(3):18,20* / 45(3):3,42 (W) / 41(4):3,28* (C) [C = COA award; W = other award; * = photograph of the person named] Lipe, Robert (Bob) 45(3):31* (IM, obit) / 45(3)31 (A) [IM = in memoriam listing; obit = full obituary ; A = author of item] North Carolina. Wilmington 42(3):27-30 (COA) [COA in Geography index indicates a COA convention report] Panama. Pearl Islands 44(1):30-34 (trav.) [trav indicates a travelogue article] Hertweck (Charles & Violet) Fossil Award (Sarasota Shell Club) 41(1):32* / 42(1):30* / 43(1):37* [illustrated award in General Topics index] Illustrated Catalog of the Living Cone Shells, by John K. Tucker & Manuel J. Tenorio 41(4):16* (rev.) [book review in General Topics index] pearls 41(1):11* / 43(2):33-34 / 44(1):31 [general topic] Physalia physalis, Portuguese Man-o-war 42(3):7 [Non-molluscan taxon in General Topics index] Reporting Errors An effort of this size and complexity will inevitably contain errors. Our primary goal was to get the index created and available to users. Please help us to make it better by reporting errors to the editor, Bruce Neville, at [email protected]. Chronology Conchologists of America Bulletin #1 [1974] #13 Apr. 30, 1978 #25 Sept 1981 12(4) Dec 1984 #2 [1974] #14 Aug. 31, 1978 #26 June 1982c 13(1) March 1985 #3 [1974] #15 Dec. 31, 1978 #27d Sept. 1982 13(2) June 1985 #4 [1975] #16 June 1979 #28e Dec 1982 13(3) Sept 1985 #5 [1975] #17 Sept. 1979 13(4) Dec 1985 #6 [1975] #18 Dec. 1979 11(1) March 1983 14(1) March 1986 #7 [1976] #19 Mar. 1980 11(2) June 1983 14(2) June 1986 #8a [1976] #20 June 1980 11(3) Sept 1983 14(3) Sept 1986 #9b [1977] #21 Sept. 1980 11(4) Dec 1983 14(4) Dec 1986 #10 [1977] #22 Dec. 1980 12(1) March 1984 15(1) March 1987