. Annual report - Western Society of Malacologists. Mollusks; Mollusks. Among his many affili- ations, Allyn was a charter member^ editorial board mem- ber, and president of the Institute of Malacology [Malacoloqia] ; charter member, director, vice- president, and member of the editorial board of the California MalacozQological Society [The Veliqer]; honorary life member of the Conchological Club of Southern California, which he joined in 1917 along with Emery Chace, William Golisch, and Tom Oldroyd, the first men allowed to join the previously all woman's club; charter member and past preside
. Annual report - Western Society of Malacologists. Mollusks; Mollusks. Among his many affili- ations, Allyn was a charter member^ editorial board mem- ber, and president of the Institute of Malacology [Malacoloqia] ; charter member, director, vice- president, and member of the editorial board of the California MalacozQological Society [The Veliqer]; honorary life member of the Conchological Club of Southern California, which he joined in 1917 along with Emery Chace, William Golisch, and Tom Oldroyd, the first men allowed to join the previously all woman's club; charter member and past president of the American Malaco- gical Union; and charter member of the Western Soci- ety of Malacologists. Allyn was a respected authority on the Polypla- cophora (chitons) and the west American land snails, but his knowledge and interests were broad, extending to all aspects of malacology. He main- tained a private collection approaching 13,000 care- fully curated lots of principally west North American mollusks. Allyn loved to share his know- ledge, and the use of his private collection and library benefited many. He was always willing to help the neophyte as well as the professional worker, and many students of west coast malacology owe much to the guidance and advice he generously gave. Since his first article appeared in 1917, over 100 professional papers by him have been published or are in press. These articles deal with a variety of molluscan subjects and include the description of several new taxa. Perhaps he will be best remembered by the scientific community for his work (with Mackenzie Gordon) on Monterey Bay mollusks pub- lished in 1948 (Calif. Acad. Sci., Proc. (4) 26(8): 147-245); the Amphineura section of the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology (R. C. Moore, ed., 1960. Part I, Mollusca 1, pp. 41-76); and various papers dealing with the Galapagos land snail fauna. Photos courtesy of California Academy of Sciences (p. 8) and James H. McLean (p. 9). Please note that t
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