The Sanibel-Captiva Shell Club will hold its next meeting of the season on April 12 at 2 p.m. at the Sanibel Recreation Center, at 3880 Sanibel-Captiva Road, Sanibel.<\/p>\n
The guest speaker will be John Slapcinsky, collections manager of invertebrate zoology at the Florida Museum of Natural History. He will speak on the \u201cRemarkable Land Snails of New Guinea.\u201d<\/p>\n
Papua New Guinea is renowned as the \u201cLand of the Unexpected,\u201d a reflection of its extraordinary biodiversity, cultural richness and rugged, largely unexplored landscapes. From coastal villages to cloud forests on high mountain peaks, it is a place of dramatic contrasts and immense biological diversity, including a remarkable and little-known fauna of land snails.<\/p>\n
Slapcinsky studies biodiversity and conservation of land snails, one of the most endangered animal groups. He oversees one of the country\u2019s largest mollusk collections that supports studies of evolution, ecology and conservation.<\/p>\n
Prior to the meeting, a silent auction will be held at 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
The meeting is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n
For more information, visit http:\/\/sanibelshellclub.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n