Barbara Haviland wrote:
>
> Ed has posted several questions since we have been on CONCH-L. Is there no
> one who knows anything about Chamas in the Caribbean and Florida waters? I
> hope there is someone who can help him, at his age he is still learning
> more and more about the shells in our collection.  It is fun to discover
> new species that we have thought were something else, and they are at times
> newly named species.  I guess this is what you get when you have collected
> for over the number of years that Ed and I have, I can only boast  35+
> years to you his 79 years.
>
> I hope someone can at least try and answer his question, granted Chamas may
> be to much of a challenge, and yes, not many people collect them,  to much
> work to collect them.
>
> Send Ed something.
>
> B. Haviland
Sorry, Barbara, although we are big Florida/Caribbean
collectors...chamas is not an area that we collect.
--
Jim & Bobbi Cordy
Specializing in Self-Collected
Caribbean & Florida Shells