The Jersey Cape Shell Club

01/22/2019

Such intricate work!

10/27/2018

Today and tomorrow 10:00am-5:00pm! The Academy of Natural Sciences! Philadelphia Shell Show!

10/26/2018

This will be a great show, for sure!!!!!

10/23/2018

There a just a few more days until the Philadelphia Shell Show! We encourage all JCSC members and friends to support this event!

10/22/2018

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hurricane-michael-may-have-dealt-deadly-blow-florida-s-nascent-n922356?cid=eml_nbn_20181022

"Are we going to dump some more money back out here and keep moving forward or just call it quits, go back to welding?” asked one oyster farmer.

10/15/2018

Philadelphia Shell Show

Saturday, October 27, 2018

10:00 AM-5:00 PM

The largest of its kind in the Northeast, the Philadelphia Shell Show features beautiful, competitive displays on mollusks by collectors, amateur scientists, and artists.

Thousands of shells will be on display and for sale at the annual Philadelphia Shell Show, October 27–28, 2018, at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Visitors will have the chance to shop an international shell market packed with jewelry, shells, books, and more. Members of the Philadelphia Shell Club will be on hand to answer questions and identify shells you’ve collected during your travels. More information for Philadelphia Shell Show 2018 is available here!

Free for members or with general museum admission. Save when you purchase tickets online!

Location

The Academy of Natural Sciences
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19103

Audience
•Everyone

10/04/2018

This is a great read about the shells we find on the Jersey shore! If you want to do some serious shelling, Brigantine is a great source of all kinds of shells.

How did those shells get those holes in them? And what's a mermaid's purse? A guide to almost every shell you'll find at the Jersey Shore.

10/03/2018

You've got to love stories like this.

A female sea turtle crawled onto the beach and nested in July. National Park Service staff saved and incubated 110 eggs, most of which later crawled into the ocean.

10/03/2018

An interesting creature. The "Skeleton Shrimp".

Caprellidae is a family of amphipods commonly known as skeleton shrimps. Their common name denotes the threadlike slender body which allows them to virtually disappear among the fine filaments of seaweed, hydroids and bryozoans. They are sometimes also known as ghost shrimps. Wikipedia

09/21/2018

Copied from the Philadelphia Shell Club Web Page, we would encourage all of our JCSC members and friends to attend the Philadelphia Shell Show. Some of our own members will be exhibiting. We hope to see you there! For more information about the show and parking, go to the web site http://phillyshellclub.org/show.html.

"The Philadelphia Shell Show "

One of the largest events of its kind in the country, the Philadelphia Shell Show attracts a strong field of exhibitors and dealers from home and abroad. In recent years the artistic division has grown to rival the scientific, with a particular emphasis on sailors' valentines. The 2018 show will be held on October 27 and 28 at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University.

08/10/2018

SNJ article, by Nichole Richard, August 8th edition!