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Carlos Eduardo Proença started
collecting shells in 1999 when working to Agriculture Ministry to
incentive farming of oysters, mussels and Pecten ziczac. While traveling
he always got some shells from fisherman and then got the taste for
collecting.
He found a large shell craft store in Florianopolis and bought the
first exotic shells, and from there ended exchanging and buying from
several sources.
His preferred families are muricidae, cypraeidae, haliotidae e columbariidae.
But what he likes most is to keep all shells at his sight, using many
kinds of showcases instead of a closed shell
cabinet.
He has now more than 1,200 species, and his only frustration is to
live in Brasilia where he has no contact with any shell collectors.
In other hand, Brasilia has a very dry climate helping his collection
to be fungus-free!
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