Hi Tom,

It has been ages ... how are you these days ? Still on the nerites so I see.
Do you still collect the nerits-publications in the "Gloria Maris"? There
still are follow-up's on them every now and then.

I don't know of anybody going to Indonesia for now. I'll have a look around
at the monthly meeting of the club next sunday, see what I can pick up on
holiday-plans for the new year.
Rose and me are counting down the days for our trip to Argentina. Basically,
it is a family visit, but we will be visiting the seaside (Mar del Plata) as
well. Maybe, if he finds the time, a shell friend can go out to the south of
Buenos Aires region with me, we'll see.

Cheers,

Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas E. Eichhorst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 2:24 AM
Subject: Re: Mexico Questions


>
> Chris, glad to see you on Conch-L and welcome.  Good luck in straightening
> out the tuns.  I have been stumbling through the Neritidae for the last
> couple of years and find the family more messed up the more I learn!  As
for
> the west Mexico nerites - I agree with the need to throw some in a bag and
> there are some real beauties in that region.  But what I need for my
project
> are freshwater nerites from Indonesia.  So we need someone to vacation to
> the swamps, streams and rivers of Indonesia!!  Come on, how much salt
water
> does anyone really need to see anyway?
>
> Again welcome to the list.  For those Conch-Lers who do not know, Chris
can
> really help out with questions on the Tonnidae and the Cassidae.
>
> Tom Eichhorst in New Mexico, USA
>
>
> Hello Ellen,
>
> I'm new in the Conch-L (only just suscribed), but not new in the shell
> world.
> If your family can get a hold of some nerita, and throw tham in a bottle
of
> strong, colorless alcohol, I know quite a few people who will be very
> interested in them.
> Nerites can be found on rocks at low tide, so that shouldn't be too
> difficult, even for archeologists.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Chris
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ellen Bulger" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 9:13 PM
> Subject: Mexico Questions
>
>
> >
> > I have family who are going to vacation in Oaxaca. They are
archeologists,
> > but plan to spend some time at the shore. I've been trying to convince
> them
> > that shells are as fascinating as pot shards. Their coastal traveling
will
> be
> > between Puerto Escondido and Puerto Angel.
> >
> > Does anyone have any shelling suggestions I can pass along to them?
> >
>