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Stanley Peter Dance is a prominent conchologist with a world-wide reputation. He has written innumerable books and papers on conchology. He has had at least five shells named after him e.g. Acteon Dancei.

Biography
He was born on 3rd February 1932 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, and he currently resides in Carlisle. He served in the Royal Air Force from 1951 to 1956, during which he was involved in the Suez Crisis of 1956. His hobby of shell collecting enabled him to find employment in museums as an archivist and curator. He also developed and displayed shell collections while travelling the world to research and catalogue shells.

Employment

 * 1957-1966 Natural History Museum, London.
 * 1966-1968 Manchester Museum.
 * 1968-1972 Assistant Keeper, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. He was responsible of the shell collection. His collections include shells from Britain, Florida, Borneo and material from the Arabian Sea/Gulf of Oman used for the book Seashells of Eastern Arabia.
 * 1972-1974 Selling natural history books at Hay-on-Wye.
 * Member, Conchologists of America, 2010, 2012.
 * Member, Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland, 2016.

Directory Entries

 * 1954 J.Q. Burch's Directory of Conchologists - Maidenhead, Berks.
 * 1956 J.Q. Burch's Directory of Conchologists - land mollusks (Clausiliidae).
 * 1966 R.E. Petit's Directory of Conchologists - London
 * 1968 R.E. Petit's Directory of Conchologists
 * 1970 R.E. Petit's International Directory of Conchologists - Cardiff, Wales
 * 1972 R.E. Petit’s International Directory of Conchologists - Glam, Wales history of conchology.
 * 1974 The Shell Cabinet’s International Directory of Conchologists - Bredwardine, Herefordshire
 * 1976 The Shell Cabinet’s International Directory of Conchologists history of conchology
 * 1978-79 The Shell Cabinet’s International Directory of Conchologists - Clifford, Hereford.
 * 1982-83 The Shell Cabinet’s International Directory of Conchologists
 * 1985 The Shell Cabinet's International Directory of Conchologists history of conchology.

Species Named after S. P. Dance

 * Acteon dancei G. Poppe, S. Tagaro & P. Stahlschmidt, 2015 Philippines Visaya 4(3).
 * Oospira dancei Dharma & Szekeres in Dharma, Grego & Szekeres, 2009. Indonesia.
 * Phenacovolva dancei Cate, 1973.
 * Pisidium dancei J.G.J. Kuiper, 1962.
 * Ptychobela dancei H.H. Dekker & R.N. Kilburn, 2008 Yemen: Hadramawi, Musayna'ah Basteria 72(1-3).

Species Described by S. P. Dance

 * Anachis donnae R.G. Moolenbeek & S.P. Dance, 1994 Oman, Masirah Island Journal of Conchology 35(2).
 * Aspilaturbo jonathani H. Dekker, R.G. Moolenbeek & S.P. Dance, 1992.
 * Boysidia paini F.G. Thompson & S.P. Dance, 1983.
 * Boysidia salpinx F.G. Thompson & S.P. Dance, 1983.
 * Diaphera wilfordii (S.P. Dance, 1970).
 * Euterebra wilkinsi S.P. Dance & F.E. Eames, 1966.
 * Georissa hadra F.G. Thompson & S.P. Dance, 1983.
 * Georissa pyrrhoderma F.G. Thompson & S.P. Dance, 1983.
 * Georissa pyrroderma F.G. Thompson & S.P. Dance, 1983.
 * Georissa xesta F.G. Thompson & S.P. Dance, 1983.
 * Iraqitellina iraqensis S.P. Dance & F.E. Eames, 1966.
 * Morum watsoni S.P. Dance & W.K. Emerson, 1967 The Veliger 10(2).
 * Phaedusa stenotrema F.G. Thompson & S.P. Dance, 1983.
 * Pisidium ellisi S.P. Dance, 1967 Himalaya.
 * Pisidium kuiperi S.P. Dance, 1967 Nepal.
 * Platycochlium barnaclei S.P. Dance, 1970 Borneo, Sarawak.
 * Platycochlium saulae S.P. Dance, 1970 Borneo, Sarawak.
 * Sinoennea bongi S.P. Dance, 1970.
 * Sinoennea laidlawi S.P. Dance, 1970.
 * Solecurtus pacificus R.T. Abbott & S.P. Dance, 1986.
 * Stenothyra iraqensis S.P. Dance & F.E. Eames, 1966.
 * Umbonium eloiseae S.P. Dance, R.G. Moolenbeek & H. Dekker, 1992 Oman.
 * Stenothyra iraqensis S.P. Dance & F.E. Eames, 1966.
 * Umbonium eloiseae S.P. Dance, R.G. Moolenbeek & H. Dekker, 1992 Oman.

Books

 * 1966. Shell Collecting. An Illustrated History. Univ. California Press. 344 pp, 3 color & 32 b/w plates (hardcover).
 * 1969. Rare Shells. Univ. Calif. Press. 128 pp, 24 color plates (hardcover).
 * 1972. Shells and shell collecting. London: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd. Hardbound, pp. 128 with color and b/n ills
 * 1973. Sea Shells, Grosset & Dunlap, NY. 160 pp, 350 color drawings (hardbound).
 * 1974. The Collector's Encyclopedia of Shells. McGraw Hill, NY. 288 pp, color illus. (hardcover) NOTE: between 1972 and 1990 at least five versions were printed.
 * 1976. The Collector's Encyclopedia of Shells, 2nd edition. McGraw Hill, NY. 288 pp, color illus (hard cover).
 * 1980 (with J. Moller Christensen) Seashells: Bivalves of the British and Northern European Seas. Penguin, London. (hardcover & paper).
 * 1982. R. Tucker Abbott & S. Peter Dance. A Compendium of Seashells.
 * 1986. A history of shell collecting. 2nd edition. Leiden, The Netherlands: E. J. Brill - W. Backhuys, xv + 265 pp., 32 pls.
 * 1991. (with David Heppell) Classic Natural History Prints. Shells. Studio Editions, London. 128 pp, color illustrations (hardbound).
 * 1992. Eyewitness Handbooks: Shells. Dorling Kindersley, NY. 500 species in color w/ distributional maps (hardcover (NOTE: editions in U.K. [1991], Australia & U.S. [1992]
 * 1995 (with D. T. Bosch, R.G. Moolenbeek & P.G. Oliver) Seashells of Eastern Arabia. Motivate Pub., UAE. 296 pp, 1273 color photos (hardcover).
 * 2002. Shells - DK Handbook, Dorling Kindersley Publishers. "The Clearest Recognition Guide Available"
 * 2005. Out of My Shell, A diversion for shell lovers. Florida Shells Inc 2 12 pp (hardcover & paper 17.5 x 23.5 cm) [MdMBooks]
 * 2007. With Harlan E. Wittkopf. Beach Treasures of the Gulf Coast. C-Shell 3, Inc. 56pp.

Published Papers

 * 1960. "Grimwood's Island", its geographical position and its connection with Hugh Cuming. Journ. Conch. 24: 443-445.
 * 1962. The authorship of the Portland Catalogue. J. Soc. Biblphy nat. Hist. 4: 30-34.
 * 1966 (with Axel A. Olsson). 'The Linnaean Olives'. Bull. American Paleontology. Vol. 50, No. 227, pp 215-223.
 * 1967. Report on the Linnaean shell collection. Proc. Linn. Soc. London 178: 1-24.
 * 1967. Dance, S. Peter & William K. Emerson. Notes on Morum dennisoni (Reeve) and related species (Gastropoda: Tonnacea). The Veliger 10(2): 91-98.
 * 1968. 'J. R. Bourguignat's Malacologie de l'Algérie, 1863-1864'.Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 5 (1): 19-22.
 * 1969. 'List of J. R. Bourguignat's publications on molluscs'. Journal of Conchology 27: 87-95
 * 1969. 'A name is a name is a name: some thoughts and personal opinions about molluscan scientific names'. - Zoologische Mededelingen 82 (7): 567-576.
 * 1970. "Le fanatisme du nobis"; a study of J.-R. Bourguignat and the "Nouvelle Ecole". Journ. Conchology 27: 65-86.
 * 1970. 'Trumpet Ram's horn snail in North Wales [Menetus dilatatus]'. pp. 9 with 6 figs. Nature in Wales 12/1
 * 1971. 'The Cook voyanges and conchology'. Journal Conchology 26: 354-379.
 * 1972. 'The Cook voyages and conchology: a supplementary note'. Journal Concology 27: 357-358.
 * 1972. 'On William Wood's General conchology and Index - Testaceologicus'. Basteria 36: 157-162.
 * 1980. 'Hugh Cuming (1791-1865): Prince of collectors'. J. Soc. Biblphy nat Hist 9: 477-501.
 * 1983. 'Konkylier og konkyliensamling gennem tiderne'. In Woldbye: Konkylien og Mennesket. pp. 8-20.
 * 1984. 'Conchological cosmeticism'. Conch. Newsletter 90: 189-192.
 * 1985. 'Zur Geschichte des Muschelsammelns'. Pp. 14-17, in: S. Barten, ed., Die Muschel in der Kunst: Von der Renaissance bis zur Gegenwart; Museum Bellerive Zürich 29. Mai bis 11. August 1985. Wegleitung des Kunstgewerbemuseums und des Museums Bellerive 352: 114 pp.
 * 2006. 'Japanese Shell-matching Game'. American Conchologist 34(3): 12-13.
 * 2007. A Shell from Mars. American Conchologist 35(4):33-34.
 * 2009. 'Jumala and the 'Eyeless Hitler Beetle'. American Conchologist 37(2): 15.
 * 2011. 'The curious case of Conchology versus Malacology'. American Conchologist 39(1): 9-11.