Hi Steve , wellcome to this list!
It is always a pleasure meeting other people through this list , especially
when they have interests in shells.
Do you have the European Haliotis sp. yet ?
I've recently bought a collection with all kinds of shells , and there were
also some Haliotis sp. included .Also some Cone sp.
I think it is a nice family , just as the other ones you are interested in .
I am mainly collecting Marginellidae , and some other families , like
Limidae, Erato , and Cypraea caurica sspp.
Do you do yourself some art work and illustrations ?
Until another time , Jan Neefs

----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen Browning <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 9:43 PM
Subject: Introduction


> Greetings CONCH-L members,
>
> My name is Stephen(Steve) Browning. The only person who calls me Stephen
is
> my wife when she is irritated at me.I live in Friendswood, Texas, sixteen
> miles southeast of Houston, and have actively collected since my teenage
> years in the late 1960's. I am a member of the Houston Conchology Society,
> the COA, and the AMS.
>
> My primary Malacological interests are:
>
>     1. Families Haliotidae, Volutidae (primarily Scaphella, Festilyria,
and
> Lyria), and Pleurotomaria.
>     2. History of Malacology
>     3. Computer modeling of shell topology and pattern generation
>     4. Shell Photography
>     5. Shell Artwork and Illustration
>
> My wife Nancy collects family Conidae. I have two step-sons and four
> step-grandsons. I serve as a Systems Analyst/Programmer for the US
District
> Courts within the Southern District of Texas, based in Houston, where I
> write primarily database access software.
>