| Luís
de Távora
Collection |
Luís
was born in Lisbon,
Portugal in April,
23 1959. He started
to collect shells
in 1982, on the
beginning only Cowries
and three years
later Ovulidae,
Triviidae and Pediculariidae.
His
Cowrie collection
is based on the
groups of Bistolida,
Cribarula and
Cypraeovula.
On the recent
years he has
been on search
of new species
for his two preferred
families: Ovulidae
and Triviidae.
Besides
these four families,
he has 600 shells
from other families
- chosen by their
beauty, quality
and size, plus
around 300 Marginellidae
from West Africa.
The
collection is
neatly stored
in specially
made cabinets,
inside plastic
boxes with individual
labels. The smaller
species are placed
inside magnifier
lid plastic boxes.
Blue velvet is
used inside all
boxes and drawers.
Since
the shell room
has no windows
all large shells
can be displayed
inside glass
showcases.
Marcus
visited him in
November 2003
and can tell
you this was
one of the most
neat collections
he has ever seen!
photos
by Gonçalo
Rosa
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