Dear Wim,
Thank you for you quick answer. I've just call the museum bookshop to
ask them to keep for me a copy of the Kerney. I'll get it this
evening. And you should have it in a few days.
Thank you very much for the information on Malaysian
landsnails/freshwater. My question on books was rather silly. If such
books were available, even a beginner, would be aware of !
I let you know when the book will be posted.
Kind regards,
Sophie
>Dear Sophie,
>
>This weekend I will compose a little list with publications about Malaysian
>terrestrial molluscs. But i warn you, there are no books, only a lot of
>publications in a large number of malacological and non-malacological
>magazines. I will sent you also a copy of a card with limestone areas in
>Malaysia and a copy of my little manuel.
>I heard there is a translation of the book of Kerney in French. I tried to
>get this book here in the Netherlands but with no succes. If I sent you
>money, maybe you could buy it for me in France. Many thanks in advance !
>Wim
>
>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>> Van: sophie Valtat [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>> Verzonden: dinsdag 16 mei 2000 15:57
>> Aan: [log in to unmask]
>> Onderwerp: Re: questions on Landsnails
>>
>> Dear Wim,
>>
>> I'll spend one month in peninsular Malaysia (east coast) in August. I
>> don't know if there is any limestone on the island because last time
>> I was there I was all the time in the water but I'll investigate the
>> jungle this year. I must confess I'm a beginner (certainly not a
>> advanced collector !) for seashells and I've never collected any
>> land-snails (but to eat them!) even in France. So your manual could
>> be very useful ! For ID I've only got something in the two volumes on
>> Indonesian shells and as far as I remember (I'm in the office) it's
>> fresh water and not land-snails. So could you recommend me something ?
>>
>> Among the shells I've collected last year in Malaysia there are two I
>> cannot find anywhere in the usual literature (compendium, Wilson's
>> volumes on Australian shells, Indonesian volumes). One looks like an
>> Umbonium but is not : more flat and on the back the spires are
>> visible till the center, not fade as on Umbonium. As there is a
>> little river (very little) with fresh water which runs into the sea
>> on the beach, I was wondering wether my false Umbonium could be a
>> fresh water mollusk. I've collected them dead, the size is less than
>> 10mm.
>> What could you recommend any books for east-asia fresh water ?
>>
>> Thank you in advance,
>>
>> From a real French beginner, Sophie
>>
>>
>> >dear mr. Sim
>> >
>> >You live in a wunderfull countrey for collecting land-snails. If You wish
>> I
>> >could sent you a manuel how to collect in the tropics. But first of all
>> you
>> >have to look for some limestone areas, they are the best in the tropics
>> for
>> >collecting. Do'nt forget Mount Kinabalu. Bouchet and Tillier wrote a
>> report
>> >with descriptions of a number of new species from this mountain.
>> >I collected since 1992 once a year in South-East Asia (Sulawesi, Sumatra
>> and
>> >West Malaysia). If you wish I could help you with some identifications in
>> >case you collect something.
>> Wim
>>
>>
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>>
>> --
>> Sophie Valtat
>> 16, rue des Ecoles - 75005 Paris - France
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