The International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ) shell working group was proposed and subsequently established after the 2002 ICAZ conference in Durham.
Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the International Council of Archaeozoology was published in Bar-Yosef, D., 2005. Archaeomalacology: Molluscs in former environments of human behaviour. Oxbow Books.
Archaeomalacology Working Group 