July 4 - 5, 2009 TOWNSVILLE SHELL SHOW, TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA Townsville Orchid Society Hall Joe Kirwan Park, Kirwan, Townsville Show contact: Paul Southgate (+61) 7-47210450 E-mail: TownsvilleShellClub@hotmail.com

July 11 - 12, 2009 KEPPEL BAY SHELL SHOW, YEPPOON, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA 2009 Yeppoon Town Hall Jean M. Offord, 277 McDougall St., N. Rockhampton, Qld. 4701, Australia (7) 4928-3509

July 19 - 23, 2009 CONCHOLOGISTS OF AMERICA ANNUAL CONVENTION, CLEARWATER BEACH, FL 2009 Hilton Clearwater Beach Resort, 400 Mandalay Avenue Alice Monroe/Carolyn Petrikin, P.O. Box 1564 Palm Harbor, FL 34682-1564 (727) 796-4117 E-mail: COA2009@aol.com Web page: http://www.conchologistsofamerica.org

August 14 - 16, 2009 JERSEY CAPE SHELL SHOW, STONE HARBOR, NEW JERSEY 2009 The Wetlands Institute, Stone Harbor (856) 691-5831 Show contact: Karen Lelli E-mail: kjlelli@comcast.net

September 19 - 20, 2009 30TH INTERNATIONAL SHELLS & FOSSIL BOURSE, OTTMARSHEIM, FRANCE 2009 Salle Polyvalente, Rue de la Priscine Michel Rioual, 2 Rue des Vergers 68490 Ottmarsheim, France (3) 89-26-16-43

September 25 - 27, 2009 OREGON SHELL SHOW, PORTLAND, OR 2009 Oregon Museum of Science & Industry, 1945 SE Water Ave. Donna Saffir, 10409 NW Burkhardt Court Portland, OR 97229 (503) 297-3009 E-mail: dragonz@comcat.net

September 25 - 27, 2009 9NORTH CAROLINA SHELL SHOW, WILMINGTON, NC 2009 Cape Fear Museum of History & Science 814 market Street Ann Buddenhagen, 618 Crabbery Lane Raleigh, NC 27609 (919) 787-7103 E-mail: abuddenhagen@nc.rr.com

September 26 - 27, 2009 ANNUAL GERMAN SHELL FAIR, OEHRINGEN, GERMANY 2009 KULTURA Hall, Herrenwiesenstr. 12 Kurt Kreipl, Hoehenweg D-74613 Oehringen-Cappel, Germany Tel. (7941) 62-826, fax: (7941)2065 E-mail: meeresmuseum@t-online.de

October 10 - 11, 2009 PHILADELPHIA SHELL SHOW, PHILADELPHIA, PA Academy of Natural Sciences, Parkway & 19th St.Paul Callomon, Academy of Natural Sciences Parkway & 19th St., Philadelphia, PA 19103 Tel. (215) 299-1159 E-mail: callomon@ansp.org

October 31 - 31, 2009 BRITISH SHELL COLLECTOR´S CLUB CONVENTION, ESSEX, ENGLAND 2009 Theydon Boys community Centre, Theydon Boys, Epping, Essex Tom Walker, 38 Redlands Road Reading, Berkshire RG1 5HD, England 44 (118) 987-4294 E-mail: tom@tmwalker.co.uk

October 31 - 31, 2009 14TH PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL SHELL SHOW, PRAGUE, CZECH REP. Nov. 1 KULTURNIDUM LADVI Buresova 1661, Prague 8 2009 Jaroslav Derka, Holeckova 51/370 15000 Praha 5, Czech Republic 42 (2) 5731 6246 E-mail: jderka@volny.cz Web page: http://cksl.webpark.cz