I'll go with most of Paul's picks on the cowries but two may be arguable: 7. C. ventriculus (the teeth and bend in the aperture are clues) and 8. C. mappa (tough to call such a juvenile specimen; I didn't see many while I was in Guam.) 'makuabob' The Archive site is at http://www.geocities.com/~makuabob/ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com