Dear Henk,

Is "from above" an apical or abapical (umbilical) view of this
hyperstrophic snail shell?

Harry


At 05:02 AM 8/26/2006, you wrote:
>Dear Aydin,
>Your Planorbid species is probably one of the Gyraulus species recorded from
>Turkey. For a list of all the basommatophoran species occurring in Turkey I
>refer to the website of the Turkish Journal of Zoology. In the section "in
>print" you can open the manuscript by Yildirim et al. dealing with the
>subject.
>By the way you should turn the picture of that Planorbid 180 degrees because
>"all" the species are sinistral. A picture taken from above will help
>identifying your Planorbid.
>Best regards,
>
>Henk K. Mienis
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "aydin" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 12:56 AM
>Subject: an unidentified planorbid snail
>
>
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>>http://tinyurl.com/fnff7
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>>
>>Aydin
>>snailstales.blogspot.com
>
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