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Subject:	Re: Med vs Indian Ocean
From:	"Paolo G. Albano" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 17 Jan 2002 16:41:03 +0100
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Thanks for the answers and for the url suggested!
Does anyone know anything about the recent history (5 million years ago to
recent times) of the Suez Canal region?
I knew that some species like Pirenella conica (Blainville, 1826)
(Potamididae) live (or lived?) both in the Mediterranean and Red Sea before
the opening of the Suez Canal (*).
Is this correct?
If so, was there a connection between the two seas or is the relationship
old as the Miocene, when the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean were
communicating?
Paolo

(*) I found a reference for this:
Hoenselaar H.J. & Dekker H., 1998 - Molluscs of the Great Bitter Lake, Suez
Canal, Egypt, collected by C. Beets in 1950.  Basteria, Leiden; 62 (5-6):
197-214 in which Dautzenberg and Issel are cited.


Paolo Giulio ALBANO
Bologna, ITALY
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