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
>