Date:         Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:14:47 -0500
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From:         Theresa Schwinghammer <tatms@PSCI.NET>
Subject:      New to the List
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Hello Everyone,

My name is Theresia and I am new to the list. Physically I live in southern
Indiana, but spiritually I live in many places. I have many interests in
nature---I spread myself far to thin in trying to learn so much! I love to
bird. I have been birding for about 15 years. I am interested in
butterflies and dragonflies, insects, seabeans, and shells!

I lived on the coast of North Carolina for several years while my husband
was in the Marine Corp and regret that my interest in shells and such were
not in gear at the time! So while I have lived near the ocean for awhile
and seen much, I never really SEEN until several recent trips to the
coast...Texas and Florida. On my last trip to Florida I was forced to buy a
book on sea slugs after there were many washing up (Bursatelli Leachii)!
Another venture!

While I have been picking up seashells for several years my interest
recently spiked! I have been trying to get my many shells identified and
labeled and that has been an undertaking for me. Some shells I have
collected on my own---others I have just picked up in various places not
knowing where they originally came from. I have some that I cannot
identify...Is there a way to post pictures to the list for help in
identification? Also, I understand common names being different on shells,
but I have recently been confused in finding the same shell in a couple of
different books but with different scientific names. Is there a list out
there or something that everyone follows as a standard? Right now the main
two books that I am using are A Collector's Guide to Seashells of the World
by Jerome M. Eisenberg and Compendium of Seashells by R. Tucker Abbott and
S. Peter Dance. The book Florida's Living Beaches by Blair and Dawn
Witherington has been a help to me also except this is where some of the
name changes are coming from.

I am looking forward to being a part of the list and the learning venture
that I know is to come.

Theresia

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