Aims pursued by the ‘Neptunea’ group:

• Initiation of members into collecting skills.
• Organization of field trips and discussion of the results.
• Book reviews and consultation of ancient or recent works.
• Presentation of latest issues of the most important shell periodicals.
• Exchanging of collecting hints.
• Organisation of exhibitions for shells and books.
• Study of certain families, genera or species of molluscs or shells from a certain shelling province.
• Attention to the mollusca within the protection of nature, especially to the study of worldwide biodiversity.
• Lectures, illustrated by PowerPoints, digital photographs or videos.
• Support of the periodical ‘Neptunea’ by critical discussing or writing papers.
• Becoming acquainted with photographing shells.
• Digital copies of the ‘Neptunea‘ magazine up to 15(1) are available for free.
• BREAKING NEWS:
  • Three new issues of ‘Neptunea’ are now available: Neptunea, 15(4) – Neptunea, 16(1) – Neptunea, 16(2)
  • Additional new PowerPoints on Pholas dactylus, Barnea pseudotruncata sp. nov., Mulinia lateralis, Schilderina achatidea, Cymbium ferranti sp. nov., Acesta gabrieli sp. nov., the genus Acesta and Acesta arnaudi sp. nov.
  • New PowerPoints: Getting acquainted with terrestrial snails – part I: South America, TEREBRIDAE from the Don Pisor collection