Dear Susan,

I've collected in Costa Rica twice and never had a problem with bringing back shells. They were mostly small or micro but I had lots of them in my camera bag. 

David


On Jun 9, 2016, at 10:49 AM, Susan J. Hewitt wrote:

> Does anyone have helpful suggestions?
> 
> I am trying to make sense of a small Glycymeris which is similar to G. spectralis, but patterned, and wider -- it may be a southern subspecies. By dint of careful searching I have found many dead valves on one island in the West Indies. 
> 
> A few months ago I spotted a few dead valves of the same taxon in a posting on iNaturalist from a sandy beach in northern Nicaragua. Those shells were, however, left in place.
> 
> Via someone local, a US contact of mine has secured another valve for me from the same Nicaragua locality. The person is visiting starting in late June, and hopes to bring the valve back to the US so she can send it to me.
> 
> However, she is arriving in, and leaving from, Costa Rica, and they have very strict rules about no export of natural objects.
> 
> I suggested she perhaps try to get an official-looking letter stating that the shell was found in Nicaragua, not in Costa Rica.
> 
> Any helpful suggestions about how to help make it possible for her to get this one small valve to the US?
> 
> Thanks
> 
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