Hello!  I am a graduate student working on the marine snails Trichotropis
sp. (the hairy shells) and I am looking for help on acquiring specimens
(unfortunately, a graduate stipend precludes me from travelling all over
the world to collect them myself!). I am interested in all species in the
family Trichotropidae.  The ones I know about and their distributions are
listed below (if you know of others locally, I would love to receive
them/hear about them). The species are mostly boreal in distribution,
found in Alaska (especially northern Alaska), Japan, and northern
Europe.  A few (I listed at the end) are from California, Florida, and
Arabia. Also, if you know of specific people that I should contact
(especially if they are not on this listserve), please let me know their
contact information.

If you do have any information/specimens for me, please contact me
individually at: [log in to unmask] so we can talk about it.  I not only
want specimens in ethanol, but information about their habitat, etc.  I
can give you more information about snail sizes, habitats, and send
pictures if needed at that point.  Thank you very much for your help!  I
greatly appreciate it!

:->  Erika Iyengar
PH.D. candidate, Cornell University

SPECIES                 RANGE
Trichotropis bicarinata         moderately common, just offshore
                                Arctic Ocean to Queen Charlottes, B.C.
                                Arctic Ocean to Newfoundland
                Japan: northeastern half of Honshu and Funka Bay (Hokkaido)

Trichotropis borealis           fairly common, below water to 90 fathoms
                                Arctic Seas to British Columbia
                                Arctic Seas to Maine (Labrador to
                                Massachussetts Bay)
                                Northern Europe to Greenland--northern North
                                Sea, west coast of Scotland,
                                north and West coasts of Ireland
                                Japan?

Trichotropis conica             Alaska

Trichotropis insignis           Alaska to northern Japan

Trichotropis kroyeri    Bering Sea to Shumagin Islands, Northern Europe,
                        Japan, Spitzbergen

Trichotropis coronata           Arctic Ocean and Bering Sea, 20-30 fathoms

Torellia vestita        occurs widely in the North Atlantic, Gulf of
Maine (deep) to off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts (deep), deep waters
in the Grand Banks, 10-150 meters in Scandinavia

Torellia fimbriata      Gulf of Maine (deep) to south of Martha's
                        Vineyard, Massachusetts (deep),

Separatista (Lippistes) helicoides      south of central Japan at 5-10
                                        fathoms, S.W. Pacific, eastern Arabia

Separatista blainvilliana       S.W. Pacific, Victoria (Australia)

Other species from Japan: Iphinopsis choshiensis, Iphinoe unicarinatus,
Turritropis turrita, Ariadnaria insignis, Amathina tricarinata

NON-ALASKAN/JAPAN SPECIES AND SITES
Trichotropis kelseyi    San Diego, CA to Pt. San Quentin, Baja Californai
                        (deep water)
Trichotropis lomana     Pt. Loma, San Diego County, CA (deep water)
Trichotropis nuda       off Fernandina, Florida (deep water)
Trichotropis turrita            off Fernandina, Florida (deep water)
Trichotropis migrans            Florida Strait and West Florida (deep water)
Trichotropis towsendi           deep water, eastern Arabia
Lippistes tropaeum              eastern Arabia
Trichotropis pulcherrima        offshore, Eastern Arabia
Trichotropis crassicostata      offshore, Eastern Arabia