The answers are not so difficult and will insert them into the original
text.
Henk K. Mienis
Curator National Mollusc Collection
Dept. Evolution, Systematics & Ecology
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel
----- Original Message -----
From: Roland Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 1:40 AM
Subject: help


> Sorry for the disturb, but I don't know were look for some information
that
> >I need about some molluscs.
> >I'm making investigation on Ancient Egypt and I have a list of some
> >egyptian molluscs, which I need to know if their are from Mediterranean
or
> >Red Sea and also where I can find drawings or photographs for to know
their
> >aspects. I don't know nothing about molluscs nor where looking for it.
Can
> >you help me, please?
> >The list is the following:
> >
> >Ancillaria                            (eleven species known to occur in
the Red Sea, none in the Mediterranean)
> >Cardium edule                  (correct name Cerastoderma edule but that
is an Atlantic species, the Mediterranean one found in Egypt is Cerastoderma
glaucum)
> >Cassis nodulosa              (correct name Casmaria ponderosa - Red Sea)
> >Clanculus pharaonis        (Red Sea)
> >Cleopatra bulimoides      (freshwater Egypt)
> >Columbella rústica             Mediterranean
> >Conus minimus                  (most probably Conus parvatus - Red Sea)
> >Cypraea annulus                (Red Sea)
> >Cypraea caurica                (Red SEA)
> >Cypraea hirundo                (Indo-Pacific species wshich does not
occur in the Red Sea, neither in the Mediterranean; probably wrongly
identified)
> >Cypraea lurida                   (Mediterranean)
> >Cypraea moneta                (Red Sea)
> >Cypraea pantherina           (Red Sea)
> >Dentalium                            (several species occur in the
Mediterranean and Red Sea)
> >Dolium galea                       (Mediterranean)
> >Helix Desertorum                (desert landsnail confined to southern
Israel and Egypt)
> >Meleagrina margaritifera    (correct name Pinctada margaritifera - Red
Sea)
> >Mitra maculosa                    (correct name Neocancilla clathrus -
Red Sea)
> >Murex ternisprina                 (wrong identification of Murex
forskoehlii - Red Sea)
> >Natica                                    (some 20 Naticid species in
both Mediterranean and Red Sea)
> >Nerita crassilabrum              (correct name Nerita sanguilenta - Red
Sea)
> >Nerita polita                          (Red Sea "polita" is Nerita
orbignyana - a valid species)
> >Oliva                                       (Oliva bulbosa only one
species in Red Sea none in Mediterranean)
> >Pectunculus lividus               (correct name Glycymeris lividus - Red
Sea)
> >Pectunculus violascens        (coorect name Glycymeris insubrica -
Mediterranean)
> >Polinices mamilla                 (Red Sea)
> >Terebra consobrina              (Red Sea)
> >Turitella duplicata                  (Red Sea)

For those working on archaeomalacological material from the Middle East, the
following books are usually sufficient for the identification of marine
material:
Sharabati, D., 1984. Red Sea shells.
Poppe & Goto, 1991 & 199?. European Seashells, vols. I & II.
> >
> >Thank you very much for your attention  and your help if youy can do
> >something.
> >Best regards
> >
> >Laura Di Nóbile
> >[log in to unmask]
> >
> >
>
>
> Dear All,
> I received this email and thought some of you folks might be able to help
this lady. If you can, it's best to respond directly to her.
> Best regards to all.
> Roland
>
> Roland C. Anderson, PhD
> Puget Sound Biologist
> The Seattle Aquarium
> 1483 Alaskan Way
> Seattle WA 98101 USA
> phone: 206-386-4359
> fax: 206-386-4328
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> See our website: www.seattleaquarium.org