>#3.  Just out of "curiosity" - do any of you - just off the top of your heads
>- know how many shells (both quantity and specimen count) you currently have?

I have roughly 200 individual specimens, with about 50 species represented.
The majority come from Naples/Sanibel Florida (US) with some from North
Carolina and Maine (US)

So far, I have been satisfied with a geographical arrangement. All my
Florida shels are together, etc. But then, I haven't collected from too many
places. If my collection grows, after buying a new house to fit them, I
would probably arrange them by species since I'm intersted in diversity
within species.

Now, how many fossils do I have....
and let's not forget all those rocks...

Elizabeth