The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium announces its fall lecture series, which will be offered live via Zoom and free for registrants.
“Carrier Shells: Nature’s Original Shell Collector” by Gary Kidder, Collections Manager for Malacology and Inventory, Houston Museum of Natural Science. Collecting shells may seem like a strictly human endeavor but one group of gastropods has been doing this for almost 100 million years. Gary Kidder will discuss the general characteristics of carrier shells, their method of attachment, and the possible reasons for this unique behavior.