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.
- BREAKING NEWS:
- Digital copies of ALL the ‘Neptunea‘ magazines up to 17(1) are now available for free.
- Neptunea 17(2) with a paper on Harpa cabriti and Harpa lorenzi and a survey of the genus Agaronia in West African waters, including the new species Agaronia bernardi
- Neptunea 17(3) containing an article treating on Fusinus bocagei marcelpini and the genus Amiantofusus followed by a survey of Naytia and Bullia in West African waters, including the new species Naytia inopinata