Editorial

In November 2005, Roy Anderson’s new checklist of the non-marine Mollusca of Britain & Ireland was published in Journal of Conchology 38: 607-638. This welcome list will form the basis for ongoing Society’s recording schemes. I therefore request that in future all authors submitting articles to Mollusc World follow this nomenclature. We have arrived into the twenty first century!! This volume contains a substantial article by Bas Payne in which he investigates the effects of collecting dead shells on a Thai beach. Many issues are raised regarding the effects of this type of small-scale collecting, which are insignificant in comparison to the commercial collecting of living material for the shell trade. Bas has requested member’s feedback and I also ask that Mollusc World be used as a vehicle for debate. However, I have to say that my call in MW9 for members to give their opinions and to air their views has had no response at all! Recent exchanges of emails amongst Council members have resulted in the opinion that Mollusc World should be used for members to give updates of projects they are involved in, rather than appearing as a line or two in annual reports. So…..I’m waiting……………