Dear Patty;
        Thanks!  I have duly put your name down on the Conch-l Identification
Assistance page, for the Australasian region. I'm finding it a bit odd that more
folks are not taking advantage of this resource, which is becomming quite a
useful one - but perhaps it just takes a bit of time....

http://geocities.com/conchlimages/assistance.html

From the Really White (and of course still Great!) North,
ross.

Patty Jensen Wrote:

> Dear Conchlers,
>
> Yes, the shell on Sims page is definitely a trochid, probably in the genus
> Astele, but it is definitely not Astele bularra. I was going to put an
> image of that species on the Australian Shells Homepage to prove the point,
> but I do not have a slide of this species, so it will have to wait and you
> will have to believe me. Astele bularra has a ridge at the sutures. Also, I
> do not know of any records outside Australia.
>
> By the way, Ross, I will volunteer for identifying marine shells from the
> Australian region.
>
> regards
>
> Patty