My father is from India, but he never tells me much about the area. Have you ever been there?
Yes, I have been there many times!  Interestingly, 3 bodies of water lie next to India - the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal 
Wow, that's pretty cool. I visited the Indian Ocean once when I was a kid. I barely remember it though. Do you know the population of India? I heard it's a big place.
India
India (official name: the Republic of India; Hindi: ) is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east
Myanmar (Burma) all the way to Sri Lanka. There are three main localities of this shankh in India. Shells from all the localities show definite morphological variations. The three localities are the Indian Ocean near Ram Setu, Sri Lanka, Ramishwaram to Tuticorin. Shells from this region are rare in occurrence. The second locality is Arabian Sea or Western India. The third locality is Bay of Bengal. Varieties showing mixed characters have also been observed. The imitation (Lightning Whelks) mostly come from Florida and the Gulf of