at least this solved part of my problem
thanks
Constantine Mifsud,
4, Shepherds' Street,
Rabat RBT 02,
MALTA.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Negus" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 11:32 PM
Subject: Re: chiton data
> Mazatlan has three islands offshore:
> Isla de Pajaros
> Isla de Venados
> Isla de Lobos
>
> I hope this helps
>
> Cheers
>
> Rick
>
> At 01:47 PM 12/10/2004, you wrote:
>
>>Hi Constantine,
>> I have looked up Stenoplax limaciformis (Sowerby in Broderip &
>>Sowerby, 1832) in Carol Skoglund's Festivus supplement from January 19,
>>2001, called Panamic Province Molluscan Literature (Additions & Changes
>>from 1971 through 2000) Bivalvia & Polyplacaphora and says that the
>>distribution for the species is from the Gulf of California to Isla Lobos
>>de Afuera, Perú, according to Kaas & Van Belle, 1987.
>> Don't toss the data labels... yet. You may want to write to
>> Carole
>>Hertz in San Diego, California (Editor of Festivus Publications/San Diego
>>Shell Club) and have her check out your Pacific Coast Venado Is.,
>>Mazatlán,
>>Mexico dilemma. In Latin América, there are many islands that have the
>>same
>>names. Carole is great at Panamic geography and maybe could help you out.
>>Her e-mail address is:
>>
>>[log in to unmask]
>>
>> As for the East Coast (Atlantic Side of America) I think that
>> your
>>info might be correct. Have you sent photos of both species to the
>>Sanibel
>>Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History? If not, you might
>>try that for ID.
>> Well, good luck in your project; it is fun but sometimes
>> frustrating.
>>Dan
>>
>>
>> >Thank you Dan and all those who responded to my query.
>> >It seems that the data labels are not to be trusted.
>> >This concerns samples of chitons from the Stenoplax limaciformis group.
>> >Now according to Kaas & van Belle's monograph, vol.3 p.144, specimens
>> >from
>> >the Pacific side should belong to S. limaciformis while specimens from
>> >the
>> >Atlantic side belong to S, purpurascens. It seems that my samples have
>> >to be
>> >carefully examined to determine the correct species. But I suppose the
>> >data
>> >would still be useless.
>> >regards,
>> >
>> >Constantine Mifsud,
>> >4, Shepherds' Street,
>> >Rabat RBT 02,
>> >MALTA.
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: "bivalve" <[log in to unmask]>
>> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 12:53 AM
>> >Subject: Re: re- chiton data
>> >
>> >
>> >>> Quintana Roo, Mexico..........Pacific or Atlantic ?
>> >>
>> >> Quintana Roo is part of the Yucatan peninsula, the Caribbean side.
>> >>
>> >>> 2. Venado Island, Mazatlan, ............Atlantic or Pacific ?
>> >>
>> >> Mazatlan is on the mainland side of the mouth of the Sea of
>> >> Cortez/Gulf of
>> >> California
>> >>
>> >> Dr. David Campbell
>> >> Old Seashells
>> >> University of Alabama
>> >> Biodiversity & Systematics
>> >> Dept. Biological Sciences
>> >> Box 870345
>> >> Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0345 USA
>> >> [log in to unmask]
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>> >> That is Uncle Joe, taken in the masonic regalia of a Grand Exalted
>> >> Periwinkle of the Mystic Order of Whelks-P.G. Wodehouse, Romance at
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