Dear Pungents, My wife is a professional ballerina who is retiring after 16 years. A solo has been created for her incorporating a theme of seashells. I'm proud of my own punmanship, and I don't want to mussel in on your territory, but I figured I'd call out the heavy artillery for this one. There's a big retirement party for her, and I want as many "shell" references (without straying too far into the overall "ocean" or "fish" themes). I've got the obvious: Lawrence Whelk, shellfish/selfish, but I'll take any assistance you guys can come up with! With friends like you guys, who needs anemones? ~Lorne, Winnipeg, MB

AS THE PUN GENTS SEE IT:

1) Meet George Jetsam.
2) Sea shells Sanctuary (the Cult song, hello??)
3) She's Prawn Quixote and I'm her Concho Panza.
4) Oh, the clamity!
5) I hope the critics won't chiton her routine.
6) If Pat Sajak were here he'd ask 'Would you like to bi a valve?'
7) We thought about calling it 'Return to Sander'.
8) This place has pretty good fossilities.
9) I'm lucky to have my wife. I'm glad she was the marine type.