Gastropods by Eddie Hardy | Conchology

Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods

By Eddie Hardy

Born in 1944, I spent my childhood in a wide variety of countries: Great Britain, Egypt, Singapore, Germany, I finished school in Hong Kong. It was in these exotic locations I first discovered my fascination with shells.

Returning to the UK to Bristol, I attended University there, got married and made a career in the computer industry.

In 1996, whilst living in Amsterdam, I started the first version of gastropods.com. Retirement in 2003 created the time to really focus on building the site. Cruising with my wife, Rachel, I continued to roam the world: the Galapagos, Easter Island, the Amazon, the Arctic and everywhere in between with plenty of time at sea to work on gastropods.com. And, of course, there was plenty of time ashore at exotic locations to find new shells and explore their places of origin.

I continue to be a keen sheller and regularly update the website. Collaborating closely with Philippe Poppe, my site has now been modernized and integrated to conchology.be in order to protect and perpetuate the vast knowledge which has been curated.

We refer to Eddie Hardy in "Shellers" for a more detailed and complete biography.

32,024

Number of Species

663

Number of Families

4,876

Number of genera

62,045

Total "names" used

121,325

Number of Literature References



ABYSSOCHRYSIDAE
ACLIDIDAE
ACMAEIDAE
ACTEONIDAE ACTEONINAE
ACTEONIDAE LIOCARENINAE
ACTINOCYCLIDAE
ADDISONIIDAE ADDISONIINAE
ADDISONIIDAE HELICOPELTINAE
AEGIRIDAE
AEOLIDIIDAE
AGLAJIDAE
AKERIDAE
ALACUPPIDAE
AMASTRIDAE
AMNICOLIDAE AMNICOLINAE
AMPHIBOLIDAE AMPHIBOLINAE
AMPHIBOLIDAE MEDUSINAE
AMPHIBOLIDAE SALINATORINAE
AMPULLINIDAE
ANABATHRIDAE
ANATOMIDAE
ANCILLARIIDAE
ANGARIIDAE
APLUSTRIDAE
APLYSIIDAE APLYSIINAE
APLYSIIDAE DOLABELLINAE
APLYSIIDAE DOLABRIFERINAE
APLYSIIDAE NOTARCHINAE
APORRHAIDAE
ARCHITECTONICIDAE
ARENEIDAE
ARMINIDAE
ASSIMINEIDAE
ASSIMINEIDAE ASSIMINEINAE
ASSIMINEIDAE OMPHALOTROPIDINAE
ATAPHRIDAE
ATLANTIDAE








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