> Kurt,
Thanks for the clarification on our confusing east coast nerite complex. There
are undoubtedly quite a few of us who have been confused by these guys. I know
I have received at least three different species all under the N. zebra logo.
The latest was just this last week in a shell store on the west coast. I bought
what was labeled as N. zebra but they were actually N. turrita (which was what I
wanted because my specimen all had worn spires). In this case the confusion was
so great they mixed up the oceans involved!!
I printed your e-mail and it will remain stuck between the nerite pages in my
favorite shell book. Now I need to go look for a few of those guys as I had
assumed many were synonyms.
Again thanks,
Tom Eichhorst in New Mexico, USA