> Kurt,
 
Thanks for the clarification on our confusing east coast nerite complex.  There
are undoubtedly quite a few of us who have been confused by these guys.  I know
I have received at least three different species all under the N. zebra logo.
The latest was just this last week in a shell store on the west coast.  I bought
what was labeled as N. zebra but they were actually N. turrita (which was what I
wanted because my specimen all had worn spires).  In this case the confusion was
so great they mixed up the oceans involved!!
 
I printed your e-mail and it will remain stuck between the nerite pages in my
favorite shell book.  Now I need to go look for a few of those guys as I had
assumed many were synonyms.
 
Again thanks,
 
Tom Eichhorst in New Mexico, USA