Bev, You wont go wrong with Hugh and Merv, both well established dealers. Good shelling in many areas especially if you can dive eg Rottnest Is., but also quite a few protected areas in Perth. Bothriembryon spp are not uncommon at many coastal areas but most other landsnails are micros Geoff >From: Bev Dolezal <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Conchologists List <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Trips to Perth, Australia and Bangkok, Thailand >Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2006 19:48:54 -0500 > >Conch-L crowd....thanks for the info on parasites,etc. but I was actually >just trying to find out if there were any shell contacts in Bangkok and >Perth. Got a few names in Perth, i.e. Hugh Morrison and Merv Cooper....and >someone mentioned a Tom Rice in Bangkok...any info on the latter? i.e. >where >he is located? Back in the 70's when I visited Bangkok,it was possible to >find shells at the open air markets....anyone know if that is still the >case >out there, and if so where would be the best place to look? >Thanks, >Bev - Clearwater > > >>From: "Harry G. Lee" <[log in to unmask]> >>Reply-To: Conchologists List <[log in to unmask]> >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: Re: Trips to Perth, Australia and Bangkok, Thailand >>Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2006 16:09:43 -0500 >> >>Dear David, >> >>I agree with Dick. At <http://www.jaxshells.org/mollusks.htm> is a >>brief discussion of some of the mollusk-trematode-human interactions. >> >>Harry >> >> >>At 08:12 AM 11/5/2006, you wrote: >>>David: >>> >>>Eating snails is not the cause of schistosomiasis. There are a number of >>>good articles on the subject, including one listing areas where caution >>>should be taken, to be found with a Google search. The following >>>paragraph >>>is from one of them. The "parasites" mentioned are more properly termed >>>cercaria. Certain snails act as intermediate hosts and do not directly >>>transmit the disease. >>> >>>Fresh water becomes contaminated by Schistosoma eggs when infected people >>>urinate or defecate in the water. The eggs hatch, and if certain types of >>>snails are present in the water, the parasites grow and develop inside >>>the >>>snails. The parasite leaves the snail and enters the water where it can >>>survive for about 48 hours. Schistosoma parasites can penetrate the skin >>>of >>>persons who are wading, swimming, bathing, or washing in contaminated >>>water. >>>Within several weeks, worms grow inside the blood vessels of the body and >>>produce eggs. Some of these eggs travel to the bladder or intestines and >>>are >>>passed into the urine or stool. >>> >>>I do not think Tom has any associaton with the museum you mentioned but >>>am >>>not positive. >>> >>>Regards, >>> >>>Dick Petit >> >>Harry G. Lee, M. D. >>4132 Ortega Forest Dr. >>Jacksonville, FL 32210 USA >>voice (904) 389 4049 >>email: [log in to unmask] >>look at www.jaxshells.org >> >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>[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. >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >_________________________________________________________________ >Try the next generation of search with Windows Live Search today! >http://imagine-windowslive.com/minisites/searchlaunch/?locale=en-us&source=hmtagline > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >[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. >---------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ Advertisement: Fresh jobs daily. Stop waiting for the newspaper. Search now! www.seek.com.au http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fninemsn%2Eseek%2Ecom%2Eau&_t=757263760&_r=Hotmail_EndText_Nov06&_m=EXT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------