… The authors both majored in bioscience. Originally they worked in the food industry. Since 2005 and 2009 they both started their life careers as professional malacologists and shell dealers.
Led by passion, author He Jing travels widely every year to search for shells and has built up a major shell collection. He is also the author of a guidebook about shell collecting and actively provides lectures and articles about shells for the public and the media. Author Zhuang Zimin, his wife, deals with all specimen pictures and also works on compiling the material and translating texts into English.
The couple is interested in shells of all categories, but their survey and studies are focused on shells from China. They live in Shanghai (China) where they run their private shell museum named GANVANA.
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