Helmut is right in that Kerney & Cameron (1979) use Cochlicopa not Cionella.
They also mention that lubrica & lubricella are sometimes difficult to tell
apart. I can't tell the difference between them just by looking at figures.

Aydin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Pearce [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 13:11
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Cochlicopa
>
>
> > Forwarded to Conch-L from Helmut Nisters:
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Helmut Nisters [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > To: Tim Pearce
> > Subject: Cochlicopa
> >
> > Dear Tim,
> >
> In all our large European scientific works about the landshells is
> Cochlicopa. This is the right Genus name as we use it in the whole of
> Europe. Only the discussion about what is Cochlicpa lubrica,
> lubricella,
> repentina. You can see this through anatomic and repentina is
> not an own
> species. Cochlicopa lubricella is smaller, thinner as
> lubrica, but also the
> southern specimens of lubrica in South Tyrol are smaller than their
> representatives in North Tyrol. Cochlicopa lubrica lives at
> not to moist
> places, in leaves, under old wood, under stones, on rocks
> with mould, in
> forests and is mightbe the most common one. Cochlicopa
> lubricella lives on
> quite dry places, as on sun exponed slopes eg, while the rare
> Cochlicopa
> nitens (the broadest and largest of this Genus) lives in wet
> places, near
> different waters, as lakes in reef, in marshes, eg.
>
> > Could you distibuite this message on Conch-l for me as I
> can't reach it at
> > the moment.
> >
> with best regards
> Helmut from Innsbruck
>
> Helmut "Helix" Nisters
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>