Kurt,
All too frequently anyone purchasing seashells near a Florida beach are
buying shells from the Phillipines.  Perhaps they had actually received
local specimens, but caveat emptor!

Allen Aigen  NYC
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On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 09:59:38 -0400 Kurt Auffenberg <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
> Dear All:
>
> Does anyone know of any online identification keys out there for
> this poor
> soul....(see below)......?
>
> "I teach HS bio in New York City.  I am trying to use gastropod
> shells I
> purchased in Tarpon Springs for practicing keys with a senior class.

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