Lyle,
I am looking for Fasciolaria specimens with decent locality data.  Have
any?

Allen Aigen  NYC
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On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 20:43:49 -0500 Lyle Therriault
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> Dear Friends and Collectors,
>
> In the last 10-15 or so years I've been lazy ONLY in the respect
> that I
> have not joined COA ....earlier! But...I just filled out my form and
> wrote
> out the check tonight. I wish I had done this years ago !! I
> rememeber COA
> sending me literature in the snail mail back in 1994 or 1995....a
> whole
> decade ago! So, I have arrived, finally. Better late than never. I
> hope to
> get down to Ft. Myers this summer to see a lot of friends I have
> made thru
> the years. That of course, all depends on work and if I am too busy
> I wont
> be able to go. But, I'm planning it so barring any catastrophe I
> should be
> there.
>
> For those that do not know me, my name is Lyle Therriault, and I
> live in
> Charlotte, NC.  I used to live in Kansas for a long while and I am
> originally from the Boston, MA. area.  I am 35 currently and I have
> collected shells now for 31 years! I started when i was a wee one.
> Only in
> the last 8 or so years have I been selling shells on the market,
> with some
> of that arising from eBay where I am know as carolinasheller and
> most of
> it arising from long time friends and customers who I have on a
> mailing
> list.
>
> I used to collect all families of shells. I now however do not,,,and
> I
> sold all my shells 3 years ago. I did NOT sell my cones tho, that is
> the
> one family I do collect to this day and I have over 2,000 specimens.
> I ran
> out of room a long time ago when i collected all families. back then
> I had
> almost 16,000 specimens!
>
> So anyways....I collect cones and I also sell cowries. I have a
> regular
> job so naturally the shells come in a distant second...
>
> Right now I am selling off my stocks of shells from all families (
> apart
> from cowries)  In the process of making lists of all the specimens I
> have,
> and I have MANY.  Anyone interested in some excellent shells, and
> some
> uncommon to rare ones too, and good prices let me know!  it is time
> consuming....I only have about 10 families done so far. but I'm
> whittling
> it down so hopefully soon they will all find new homes.
>
> I also have a website, but it is under construction, that deals
> with
> cowries, cowrie news, a gallery and my cowries for sale. I have
> right now
> approx. 400 cowries comprising roughly 225+ species for sale at the
> moment.  All of these will eventually make it;'s way to the
> website.
>
> Thats if for now I guess.....I am looking into making a trip to the
> Keys
> maybe sometime this late spring or early summer. My mission? Florida
> cones
> and cowries. Hopefully I can do some good collecting. Anyone know of
> any
> hot spots?  Any ban or limits there on collecting?
> Rules, regulations, limits?  Let me know!
>
> Happy shelling!!
>
> Sincerely, Lyle Therriault
>
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