Hello Paolo,
        my name is Sher, I have been a subsciber of Conch-L for about three weeks.
I am 25 and I've been collecting shells for as long as I can remember.  I
remember sorting through shell grit when I was 8, that my mother bought for
our chickens. I think they used to eat it and she bought it from the farm
supplies place in our local town which was called Pomona. (Queensland
Australia). I might ask my Mum if she still buys it for her chickens.
        I have only just begun catalogueing my shells  and most of them came from
my great grandfather who collected his shells when he was a lighthouse
keeper.   I might be able to send you some of my smaller shells as there
are quite a few of them and I havn't been able to identify them yet anyway,
 maybe if you like them you might send me a shell from Italy?  Anyway I'm
glad to see another young person new to Conch-L,  if you send me your
address I'll post out those small shells in the next few days, you can have
them and if you don't need or want them you could pass them on to another
collecter, I don't mind.
 
Look forward to hearing from you or reading your messages on Conch-L.
Sher
 
----------
> From: P.G. Albano <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: new member of the list
> Date: Saturday, 14 February 1998 1:19
>
> Hi to all,
>         I am new subscriber to Conch-L. I am 21 and collect since the age
of 8. I
> am interested in worldwide marine molluscs, with special attention to
> mediterranean, european and african ones. I like microshells very much
too,
> and actually the greatest part of my activity is on them (I pass hours
> sorting specimens from detritus!).  I am a collector of malacological
books
> and magazines and I am always looking for new items to add to my library.
> I am a scuba diver and I like travelling very much.
>         In this period I am trying to enlarge my Nuculidae collection,
since it is
> very poor and I need material for comparison to identify some problematic
> specimens.  If you have any material from the Mediterranean and the
> Atlantic, also common species and loose but fresh valves, drop a line. I
> will be glad to reply with mediterranean microshells.
>         I am also building up a database which will contain all
mediterranean
> species with any information on their systematics, feeding habits,
habitat,
> distribution, collecting hints, in order to have a wider view on the
> mediterranean malacofauna.  Also on this topic any suggestion or
> contribution will be much appreciated.  I hope in the future to be able
to
> enlarge this project to the Lusitanic province.
>         Best regards to all of you and Happy Shelling!
>                                                 Paolo
>
> ------------------------
> Paolo G. Albano
> via Montebello, 7
> I-40121 BOLOGNA
> ITALY
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
>