Rich, Thank you for the website address; I'll look it up and see what the
species is supposed to look like.
Dan


>As mentioned by Leslie, Mexican and Central America land and freshwater
>literature is scarce and scattered through the molluscan literature.
>
>An exciting new Web-based version of "Eduard von Martens. 1890-1901.
>Biologia Centrali-Americana: Land and Freshwater Mollusca" is now available
>on a Web site called "Electronic Biologia Centrali-Americana.
>Home page - http://web4.si.edu/sil/bca/explore.cfm
>Mollusca - http://web4.si.edu/sil/bca/bca_06_00_00/bca_06_00_00select.cfm
>
>An entire printed set of this long out-of-print publication is priceless.
>All 58 volumes dealing with the flora and fauna of Central America have
>been digitized and is available on this Web site.  (Introduction, Mammalia,
>Aves, Reptilia and Batrachia, Pisces, Mollusca, Arachnida, Chilopoda and
>Diplopoda, Insecta and Botony).
>
>The entire molluscan Volume is scanned and viewable as standard html Web
>pages or printable as PDF files. Linking and cross-referenced indicies make
>this a fully functional digital resource.
>
>For Pachychilus glaphyrus see page 474 and plate 25.  Most of the 44 plates
>are in color.  I have an original bound copy of this rare molluscan volume
>and the scans are true to color.
>
>There is also a link for the Web site on my home page.
>
>Rich
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>Original Message:
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>From: Richard Petit [log in to unmask]
>Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:55:20 -0500
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Pachychilus glaphyrum?
>
>
>Re: Pachychilus glaphyrum? and musselsKevin:
>
>Morelet, 1849, originally described the species as Melania glaphyra not as
>"glaphyrus".  It only became "glaphyrus" when transferred to a genus with a
>masculine name.
>
>Dick
>
>
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