Dear Ashish,
That will be terrific if you can check those sources for identification.
Apte strangely does not have this species illustrated. Perhaps we'd have to
go to some of the original sources (e.g. Röding).

David

>Dear David,
>
>Let me check your images with the mollusca section at the Madras Museum and
>also with the Zoological Survey of India. The only other species found on
>the Coromandel coast (East Coast) is Bullia vittata. But this does not look
>like it.
>
>Have u checked Apte's book?
>
>Regds,
>Ashish
>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Kirsh <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 8:35 PM
>Subject: those controversial Bullias
>
>
>>Thanks, Tom and Ross, for posting the pictures of the Bullias on the
>>Conch-l images website.
>>
>>I hope someone will be able to give us the definitive answer on their
>>identity. For me, this question has a bit more personal meaning since I
>>spent my 2 weeks in India thinking they were Terebras. They are also quite
>>abundant in an area where it's difficult to get intact shells right after
>>the monsoon season (Varkala, Kerala).
>>
>>Their wide variety of color and patterns and habit of digging in and out of
>>the sand in the splash zone reminded me strongly of Coquinas. (Possibly,
>>they are going after small Donax.)
>>
>>David Kirsh
>>Durham, NC
>>