Hi Bev, Tom Rice is on Phuket Island in Rawai, a hour South by plane from Bangkok, & is associated with the shell museum there indirectly. He can explain it better than I. There's a shell shop in Bangkok near Nana & Pataya in the back of a leather shop across the biggest oceanside hotel. Also 2 shell dealers in the weekend tented bazaar Juk-du-Juk in Bangkok. Also a new shell shop & museum is currently being planned for Bangkok. Have a nice trip. CHRIS:) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs To leave this list, click on the following web link: http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1 Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and click leave the list. ----------------------------------------------------------------------