ABOUT OUR CLUB Home Page of the Sarasota Shell Club The Sarasota Shell Club was formed to bring together Following are some of the services
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| Monthly Meetings | |
| Field trips led by knowledgeable members. | |
| Crafters meet often to make shell flowers and other items to sell at our show. | |
| Monthly Newsletters with interesting articles and facts about shells. | |
| A Library of shell books – many rare – available only to members. | |
| A yearly Shell Show encompassing many interesting elements of shelling. Interested exhibitors may obtain information about our categories, awards and rules, and download our entry form. |
**Donations from the annual Shell Show profits are given
to various marine
research and educational institutions such as
Mote Marine Laboratory, The Carefree Learner and The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, South Florida Museum and New College.
ABOUT
OUR LOGO SHELL, Siratus beauii How did this shell come to be the logo of the Sarasota Shell Club? At the time the club was in the process of forming, there were a couple of local captains who took their boats into the Gulf of Mexico to dredge in deep waters for shells. One of the most beautiful shells brought up in those drags was the Beau's Murex, and the Sarasota Shell Club adopted it for their logo. There are two forms, a slender one with sharp spines and the "winged" form, which is our logo and is shown in the graphic at right. The "winged" form is by far the rarer of the two. Although there are no commercial shell dredging operations in the Gulf of Mexico at the present time, you can sometimes still find Siratus beauii in some older collections, and you also can obtain them from some dealers. |
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