Patty
I remember somewhere hearing that it is a protected species but not sure if
this is Mexico or US
Geoff


>From: Patty Jansen <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Patella mexicana
>Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 00:29:09 +1100
>
>Dear All,
>
>Still looking at limpets. I have asked a few dealers if they have any
>specimens of Patella mexicana, the only true Patellid on the American
>continent. All responses were negative. I then typed the name into
>Google.com, and came up with some strange information. One site
>http://www.rbt.ucr.ac.cr/revistas/48-3/esqueda.html suggests that it is
>common in places in Cuastecomate Bay (I presume this is in Costa Rica?),
>but another site http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/people/wbs/limptab.html seems
>to suggest it is extinct, or at least in the Gulf of California.
>
>Does anyone know more about this species and it's distribution, past or
>present? Has anyone collected it alive? Does anyone have any shells?
>
>regards
>
>Patty
>
>
>Dr. Patty Jansen
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