Dear Dr. Yamaguchi,

There is a good paper on this subject:
Carlton, J.T., G.J. Vermeij, D.R. Lindberg, D.A. Carlton & E.C. Dudley,
1991. - Th first historical extinction of a marine invertabrate in an ocean
basin: the demise of the eelgrass limpet Lottia alveus. Biological Bulletin
180: 72-80.
Furthermore, Dr. Stephen Jay Gould has written an essay on this topic (a
column in the magazine "Natural History", which was subsequently also
published in "Eight little Piggies (Penguin pockets, 1993).
I hope this and the reaction by Harry G. Lee will be of help.
Kind regards,

Gijs C. Kronenberg


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> Van: Masashi Yamaguchi <[log in to unmask]>
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> Onderwerp: missing limpet
> Datum: dinsdag 16 mei 2000 11:52
>
> Dear expert colleagues,
>
> I am organizing data on extinction of molluscs for teaching, and would
like to
> find out the present status of the supposed-to-be extinct eel-grass
limpet along
> the Atlantic coast of North America. Is this limpet (Lottia alveus) still
missing?
>
> Thank you very much for your help in advance.
>
> Masashi Yamaguchi
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> Department of Marine Sciences,
> University of the Ryukyus
> 1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0213 Japan