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Helmut Nisters
Franz-Fischer-Str. 46
A-6020 Innsbruck
Austria
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homepage: www.netwing.at/nisters/
 
Dear Ezequiel,
 
Rumina decollata (Linnaeus, 1758) belongs to family Subulinidae
(in German common name: Ahlenschnecken). The common German
name is Stumpfschnecke. These shells are always decollated, except
the juvenil specimens. They live in the whole region of the Mediterranean
and mainly near the coast. There are broader and slender forms
(The slender forms called by splitters Rumina decollata gracilis).
 
For the other landshells I don't have English common names, but I can
give you the German names:
 
Fam. Pomatiasidae
Pomatias elegans (O. F. Mueller,  1774)  - Schoene Landdeckelschnecke
 
Fam. Hygromiidae - Laub-, Heideschnecken
Helicodonta obvoluta (O. F. Mueller, 1774) - Riemenschnecke
The distribution ranges from SE-England through the Alps,
to the Karpaten, Deutsches Mittelgebirge, Schleswig Holstein, etc.
 
very closed, but with another aperature is
Helicodonta angigyra  (Rossmaessler, 1835) - Suedliche Riemenschnecke
of the southern Alps
 
Fam. Helicidae - Eigentliche Schnirkelschnecken
Cepaea nemoralis (Linnaeus, 1758) - Hain-Baenderschnecke
 
with best regards
yours Helmut Nisters
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> Hi!
> My name is Ezequiel M. Pinto-Guillaume. I am a student in Classical
> Archeology at Stockholm University, Sweden. I am very interested in
> studying shells found at Roman excavation sites.
> I am at the moment writing a report on shells found at a Roman site north
> of Rome, Italy.
>
> I would like to know if anyone can help me with the following information:
>
> What family does the Rumina decollata belong to?
>
> What are the common English names of the Cepaea nemoralis, the Helicodonta
> obvoluta and the Pomatias elegans?
>
> Those who reply, please write your complete name and which institution you
> belong to, so that I can put you in the agknowlegment list of my report.
>
> Thank you in advance.
> Ezequiel M. Pinto-Guillaume M.A.
>
> Ezequiel M. Pinto-Guillaume
> Stockholm
> e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>

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