Special General Meetings - 25 March

The subscription rates have been increased for Ordinary Members to £36 and for Student Members to £22.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO ALTER YOUR SUBSCRIPTION FOR 1999.

The proposed changes to the Rules of the Society were accepted.

The late Dr Norman Runham

Members will be saddened to learn of the death earlier this year of Norman Runhan. He was a fine malacologist, who was always ready to help colleagues, and will be sorely missed.

Unitas

The next (14th) Unitas Congress will be held in 2001 in Vienna.

Eddie Gittenburger is standing down after 12 years as Secretary and his place will be taken by Peter Mordan of the Natural History Museum, London.

Razorshells clear beaches

The combination of a hot weekend and very low tides on 16th August led to police ordering hundreds of people off beaches in South Devon, after many suffered cut feet by treading on razorshells.

Freshwater Mussels of Tennessee

by Paul Parmalee & Art Bogan. 344 pp, with color plates, line drawings and range maps. ISBN 1-57233-013-9. US$50. History of exploitation, biology, distribution, economic uses, taxonomy, conservation and accounts of each species. Available Autumn 1998 from University of Tennessee Press, Chicago Distribution Center, 11030 South Langley Avenue, Chicago, IL 60628.

A revision of the Scaphopoda from Australian waters (Mollusca)

Records of the Australian Museum, Suppl. 24: 1-189 (1998). By Kevin Lamprell & John Healy. AU$75 + postage. From Australian Museum Scientific Publications, 6 College St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia..

Know any good mollusc jokes?

A man went to a fancy dress party with a woman clinging to his back. His host demanded what he had come as. "A snail", he replied. "Ridiculous", was the reply, "you look nothing like one - and why is that lady on your back?" "This is Michelle."

Solution to February Crossword:

ACROSS:

7. HAHA 8. HERMETIC 9. IMITATOR 10. CITE 12. SCREEN 13. AMI 14. GLOW 15. MAP 16. SIPHONS 18. ODE
20. LIMA 21. TWO 22. BRAINS 24. STAR 25. ISOMORPH 27. ACULEATE 28. LULL.

DOWN:

1. HAEMOCYANIN 2. CATTLE 3. PECTEN 4. FRACTION 5. VERTIGO 6. DIP 8. HERMAPHRODITE
11. GOLDEN APPLE 17. INTERNAL 19. PARTULA 22. BIOGAS 23. APOLLO 26. ACT.