Dear James,
There is a Danish program of research on molluscan resources in the Indo-Pacific.
Biologists from India, Indonesia, Thailand and others are members of this and
target species have been Chicoreus ramosus and many other important species
already mentioned in some of the responses. Please visit the website of TMMP:
Tropical Marine Mollusc Program.
http://www.biology.au.dk/marine.eco/tmmp/
Masashi Yamaguchi