Hi all!!

Thanks for all the reactions. i was very pleased to see that clams still
can arouse a lot of discussion amongst shell-collectors....

Now two remarks: Michael, you mention the beautiful Callista chione
coming from the Mediterranean, and I'm sure you know this species also
occurs in the Atlantic. If you want some nice ones from Brittany,
contact me privately.

Second remark on the hydrothermal vents: if someone could point me to
some good resources of information regarding what bivalve species do
occur at these places, I'd be very delighted. Paul M.?

best regards,

Jan Haspeslagh
Belgium

Michael Hölling wrote:
>
> Dear Jan,
> though I cannot say to be mainly interested in bivalves, I collected
> lots
> of them, as you problably also did, on the Belgian coast, including all
> the
> fossil ones you will find there. I am also just typing all the data from
> my
> bivalve collection trays into my PC right now.
> I think bivalves do not only occur throughout all the climate zones from
> arctic to tropical, but also at all depths. I can remember having read
> about bivalves living around deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Unfortunately,
> such shells will rarely be seen in collections, material from deep-sea
> dredgings could be found in some musea.
>
> My favourite is one from the Mediterranean though: the Venerid species
> Callista (gr: the beautiful) chione.
> Greetings form Germany
> Michael