Ross:  You can also put Jim Cordy down for Caribbean Region.

Ross Mayhew wrote:

> Dear Patty;
>         Thanks!  I have duly put your name down on the Conch-l Identification
> Assistance page, for the Australasian region. I'm finding it a bit odd that more
> folks are not taking advantage of this resource, which is becomming quite a
> useful one - but perhaps it just takes a bit of time....
>
> http://geocities.com/conchlimages/assistance.html
>
> >From the Really White (and of course still Great!) North,
> ross.
>
> Patty Jensen Wrote:
>
> > Dear Conchlers,
> >
> > Yes, the shell on Sims page is definitely a trochid, probably in the genus
> > Astele, but it is definitely not Astele bularra. I was going to put an
> > image of that species on the Australian Shells Homepage to prove the point,
> > but I do not have a slide of this species, so it will have to wait and you
> > will have to believe me. Astele bularra has a ridge at the sutures. Also, I
> > do not know of any records outside Australia.
> >
> > By the way, Ross, I will volunteer for identifying marine shells from the
> > Australian region.
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Patty