Sites of interest:

• National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History: From the Travelor's Notebook
• U.S. Protection of Archaeological and Ethnological Material
• To find current information on Peru, one good web site is the the
  World Fact Book and the CIA
• Lonely Planet: Peru

** El Niño phenomenon (ENSO, El Niño Southern Oscillation)

• NOAA information
• What is the El-Niño Southern Oscillation? by John L. Daly

Species: Spondylus princep
(Thorny oyster)

Author: Broderip, 1833

Photo Credit: Man and Molllusc

Species: Strombus galeatus
(Giant Eastern Pacific Conch)

Author: Swainson, 1823

Photo Credit: Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods &
Guido T. Poppe

Species: Malea ringens
(Grinning Tun)

Author: Swainson, WA, 1822

Photo Credit: Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods

Species: Conus fergusoni
(Ferguson's Cone)

Author: Sowerby III, 1873

Photo Credit: Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods

Species: Strombus peruvianus
(Peruvian Conch )

Author: Swainson, 1823

Photo Credit: Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods

Species: Pleuroploca (Fasciolaria) princeps
(Panama Horse Conch)

Author: Sowerby, GB I, 1825

This is a pre-Columbian artifact

Photo Credit and Owner:
National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History:
Lima, Peru

Species: Fusinus panamensis 
(Panama Spindle)

Author: Dall, W.H., 1908

Photo Credit: Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods

Species: Anadara tuberculosa

Author: Sowerby, 1833

Photo Credit: Femorale

Species: Pinctada mazatlantica

Author: Hanley,

Photo Credit and Owner:
National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History:
Lima, Peru

Species: Melongena patula
(Pacific Crown Conch)

Author: Broderip, W.J. & Sowerby, G.B. I, 1829

Photo Credit: Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods