Dear Art,
When I visited Tokyo last month, I had an opportunity to meet Mr. Minoru
Saito, a highly respected dealer who runs the Sea Shells Specimen Museum. He
has the most complete personal collection of Latiaxis (including over 30
holotypes) I have ever seen. I believe he is an expert on this genus. He has
even published a book on Latiaxis (cannnot remember the name) and costs
approx US$ 50. You can contact him at Tel/Fax: +81-3-3344-5430.
His website is at
http://www.soft.ics.keio.ac.jp/~huang/html/Seashells/Shell/saitosan.html
Alternatively you can route your questions through Jiongtao Huang (Conch-L
member) at
http://www.soft.ics.keio.ac.jp/~huang/. Jiongtao is in frequent contact with
Saito-san and am sure will be able to help you.
Regds,
Ashish,
Madras, India
-----Original Message-----
From: Art Weil <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, March 20, 2000 10:20 PM
Subject: Latiaxis
>One mo time----
> I need (want) to know if there are distinguishingh
>characteristics that separate:
> babelomurex
> coralliophila
> latiaxis
> Someone (most people) probably knows more than me about them.
> Thanks;
> Art Weil
>