Marco Island Shell Show - 13-15 March 2014

摘要

Longtime COA member James (Jim) Cordy won the COA Award at this year's Marco Island Shell Show. His exhibit was titled "Guaymas San Carlos Déja Vu" and was in 7 cases over 15 feet. Jim is a member of the Astronaut Trail Shell Club and has more than 40 years experience scouring all areas of the globe in a search for specimen seashells. He has one of the largest private Caribbean shell collections in the world, with hundreds of his shells on display in the Brevard Museum, where he is curator of mollusks. In his display for the Marco Island event he highlighted shells from Guaymas, Mexico, and the local populace who collect (and eat) many of the mollusk species he displayed.