I also collect sand dollars, urchins and sea stars.

Two books that have a selection for the North American ara are:

Peterson Field Guides, Southeastern and Caribbvean Seashores, by Eugene H.
Kaplan, Houghton Mifflin, New York

Nationl Audubon Soceity Field Guid to North American Seashore Creatures, Norman
A. Meinkoth, Prof. , publ. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. New York  1995

Also, this one is good too.

Sea Stars and Their Kin, by Herbert S. Zim & Lucretia Krantz, publ. William
Morrow Company, New York  1976


Carol Lowe
Toronto, Ontario
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Conchologists of America List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of CHAN Sow-Yan
> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 4:51 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Urchins and sand dollars (non-molluscs)
>
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Just curious if there are folks out there
> keeping in urchin tests and sand dollars
> as part of a shell collection?
> Excuse me if this not really molluscs.
>
> Where to find books identifying them (using their exoskeleton)
> especially the Indo-Pacific side?
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Best wishes,  Sow-Yan, in Singapore
>
http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~chansy/urchins.htm
My Urchin homepage.
Also an Urchin mailing list.

http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~chansy/
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