Worldwide Shell Reference Books & Articles


Australian Publications (General)
Australia By State


Australian Publications (General):

Allan, J., (1959). Australian Shells, Georgian House, Melbourne
Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds) (1998). Mollusca: the Southern Synthesis, Fauna of Australia. 5. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, Part A xvi pp. 563, Part B viii pp. 565-1234.
Bennett, Isobel, (1966). The Fringe of the Sea, Rigby.
Child, J., (1977). Australian Sea Shells, An Introduction for Young Biologists and Collectors, 1st Ed 1959, revised 1977, published Periwinkle Press (series).
Coleman, N., (1983). Shells Alive.
Coleman, N., Australian Beachcomber.
Coleman, N., (1976). Shell Collecting in Australia. A.H. & A.W. Reed, Sydney.
Coleman, N., Field Guide to Australian Marine Life.
Coleman, N., Field Guide to Marine Life of South East Australia
Dakin, W., Bennett, I. & Pope, E., (1960) (1986). Australian Seashores, Angus & Robertson, N.S.W.
Deas, W., (1971). Seashells of Australia, Rigby, S.A.
Deas & Lawler, (1970). Beneach Australian Seas.
Edgar, G., (1996). Australian Marine Life, Reed Books.
Furlani, D.M., (1996). A Guide to the Introduced Marine Species in Australian Waters. Technical Report No. 5, Centre for Research of Introduced Marine Pests, Division of Fisheries.
Gillett, K. & Yaldwyn, J.C., (1978). Australian Seashores in Colour, Reed.
Hedley, C., (1915). Studies on Australian Mollusca, pt. XII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39, 695-755.
Hedley, C., (1916). Studies on Australian Mollusca, pt. XIII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41, 680-719.
Hinton, A., (1978). Guide to Australian Shells, Robert Brown and Associates, Port Moresby.
Iredale, T., (1936). Australian molluscan notes No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 19, 267-340.
McMichael, D.F., (1960). Shells of the Australian Sea Shore. Jacaranda Press, Brisbane.
McMichael, D., (1960). Some Common Shells of the Australian Seashore, Jacaranda Press.
Pope, E.C., and McDonald, P.M. Exploring Between Tidemarks, Australian Museum, Sydney.
Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K., (1971). Australian Shells. A.H. & A.W. Reed, Sydney. (Revised 1974).
Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K., (1979). Field Guide to Australian Shells. A.H. & A.W. Reed, Sydney. (Reprinted 1985, 1988).
Wilson, B.R., (1993). Australian Marine Shells, prosobranch gastropods, pt. 1. Odyssey Publishing, Perth, 408 pp.
Wilson, B.R., (1994). Australian Marine Shells, prosobranch gastropods, pt. 2. Neogastropods, Odyssey Publishing, Perth, 370 pp.
Wilsin, B.R., (2002). A Handbook to Australian Seashells. Reed, New Holland Publishers.
Stodart, Eleanor and Slater, E., (1977). Seashores of Australia, Rigby.
Stone, S.N., (1991). Australian Sea Shells.


Australia By State

New South Wales
Hedley, C., 1918. Checklist of the New South Wales Marine Mollusca. (J. Roy. Soc. NSW, 51 Suppl. pp. m. 1m. 120)
Iredale, T. and McMichael, D.F., (1962). A Reference List of the Marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Australian Museum Memoir No. 11, 109 pp.
Jansen, P. (1995) Seashells of Central New South Wales
Jansen, P. (2000) Seashells of South-East Australia

Queensland
Hedley, C., (1910). Systematic List of Queensland Molluscs.
Dall, W. and Stephenson, W., (1953). A Bibliography of the Marine Invertebrates of Queensland. 1(2):35-49. Brisbane, University of Queensland Press.
Jansen, P. (1996) Common Seashells of coastal northern Queensland
Short, J.W., & Potter, D.G. (1987) Shells of Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef

Victoria
Macpherson, J.H. and Gabriel, C.J., (1962). Marine Molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne University Press, National Museum of Victoria, 475 pp.
Jansen, P. (2000) Seashells of South-East Australia

Tasmania
Tenison-Woods, J.E., (1877). On Some New Tasmanian Marine Shells. Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasm. 1876, 131-159.
Tate, R. and May, W.L., (1909). A Revised Census of the Marine Mollusca of Tasmania. Proc. Linn. Soc. NSW 3, 344-471.
May, W.L., (1923). Illustrated Index of Tasmanian Shells. Government Printer, Tasmania, 100 pp. Rev. ed. H. Macpherson, 1958.
May, W.L., (1958). An Illustrated Index of Tasmanian Shells (revised edition by J.H. Macpherson). Government Printer, Hobart.

South Australia
Cotton, B.C. and Godfrey, F.K., (1933). South Australian Shells Part IX. SA Nat. 15, 14-24.
Cotton, B.C. and Godfrey, F.K., (1934). South Australian Shells (including descriptions of new genera and species). Part XI Trochidae. South Australian Naturalist 15, 77-92.
Cotton, B.C. and Godfrey, F.K., (1938). The Molluscs of South Australia. Pt. 1 Pelecypoda. Handbooks of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide.
Cotton, B.C. and Godfrey, F.K., (1940). The Molluscs of South Australia. Pt. 2 Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda, Aplacophora and Crepipoda. Government Printer, Adelaide.
Cotton, B.C., (1945). South Australian Gastropoda. Part 1. Streptoneura. Trans. Roy. Soc. SA 69, 150-171
Cotton, B.C., (1951). Australian and Recent Tertiary Mollusca, family Cerithiopsidae. Records of the South Australian Museum 9, 383-395.
Cotton, B.C., (1959). South Australian Mollusca - Archaeogastropoda. Government Printer, Adelaide.
Cotton, B.C., (1961). South Australian Mollusca - Pelecypoda. Government Printer, Adelaide.
Cotton, B.C., (1976). South Australian Shells. South Australian Museum.
Ludbrook, N.H., (1984). Quaternary Molluscs of South Australia. Government Printer, Adelaide.
Jansen, P. (2000) Seashells of South-East Australia

Western Australia (Hedley, 1916)
Hedley, C., (1915). A Preliminary Index of the Mollusca of Western Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 1:152-226.