One of the best sand dollar references is "Living and fossil genera of the
Clyperasteroida (Echinoidea:Echinodermata): An illustrated Key and Annotated
Checklist" 1989. Rich Mooi. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No. 488. 51
pages.
I would like to obtain specimens of the Asian sand dollars, the Japanese
sand dollar, Scaphechinus mirablis and the miniature sand dollar,
Sinaechinocyamus mai. Can anyone help?
Cheers
Rick Harbo
Marine Images, Nanaimo, B.C. Canada
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From: CHAN Sow-Yan <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 1:50 AM
Subject: Urchins and sand dollars (non-molluscs)
>Hi folks,
>
>Just curious if there are folks out there
>keeping in urchin tests and sand dollars
>as part of a shell collection?
>Excuse me if this not really molluscs.
>
>Where to find books identifying them (using their exoskeleton)
>especially the Indo-Pacific side?
>Thanks for your help.
>
>Best wishes, Sow-Yan, in Singapore
>
>http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~chansy/urchins.htm
>My Urchin homepage.
>Also an Urchin mailing list.
>
>http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~chansy/
>Molluscan Pictures
>