Vicky Wall wrote:

When I snorkelled in the Bahamas and Florida, I found lots of great dead shells,
mainly bivalves, on the spines of living sea urchins. Sometimes, even both valves
were intact!

Bobbi Cordy wrote:

> I snorkel and dive in both Florida and the Caribbean.   I collect some excellent
> fresh dead shells and shells with hermit crabs.     I frequently find great dead
> shells in and near an Octopus hole.
>
> Kathleen Larkin wrote:
>
> > I'm also new to Conch-L, but I've beach collected shells for many years. I'm
> > also a certified scuba diver, but know very little about collecting when
> > using scuba.  It seems every shell I pick up is still alive and unfortunately
> > I don't always discover that right away!   Please help!  Are there any scuba
> > divers at there who can advise me???  I'm planning some dive travel to So. FL
> > next month and then to the Carribean in the Fall.  I sure would like to bring
> > back a few shells and be kind to the environement at the same time!! Thanks, K
>
> --
> Jim and Bobbi Cordy
> of Merritt Island, Florida.
>
> Jim Specializes in Self-Collected
> Caribbean & Florida Shells
>
> Bobbi in Shell Creations