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Henk and Zvia Mienis <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 29 Nov 2001 13:06:21 +0200
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No, they belonged to:
Anodonta cygnea
Dreissena polymorpha
Bithynia tentaculata
Valvata piscinalis
Theodoxus fluviatilis
Radix balthica
Oxyloma elegans
I've seen the images!

Henk K. Mienis

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----- Original Message -----
From: Geoff Macaulay <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: European freshwater molluscs anyone?


> Dear Patty,
> I would guess from the location and sizes that you may have
> Unio pictorum,
> 2 species of Clausiliid (possibly Clausilia bidentata and Balea perversa)
> but I suggest if you can find a copy of Kerney and Camerons Guide on
Western
> Europe these will be covered.
> Bithynia tentaculata
> Viviparus sp possibly contectus
> Theodoxus fluviatilis
> If you have an old copy of MacDonald Encyclopedia of Seashells the last
few
> plates have most of these freshwater ones.
> regards
> Geoff
>
> PS still hoping to get to Brisbane and could check them then if you want.
>
>
> >From: Patty Jansen <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: European freshwater molluscs anyone?
> >Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 13:56:00 +1100
> >
> >Dear all,
> >
> >Eons ago, I collected some freshwater gastropods and bivalves at the very
> >touristy town of Marken (Netherlands). I have only just sorted them
(shame
> >on me), and have no idea what they are, and cannot find any references on
> >them. The shells are briefly:
> >
> >1. a triangular, zig-zag striped mussel kind of thing. The name Dreissena
> >polymorpha sticks somewhere in my mind, but I cannot find where I got
that
> >name.
> >2. A thin bivalve about 5cm long, wich a nacreous interior
> >3. and 4. two species (?) of very thin gastropods with large inflated
> >whorls, reminiscent of Lamellariids
> >5. A hydrobiid of some kind with very inflated whorls
> >6. a gastropod with rounded whorls, about same height as width,
umbilicate
> >7. a freshwater nerite!
> >
> >I'd be happy to provide more detailed descriptions, and scans if possible
> >(some of these shells are very fragile) to those who think they can help
me
> >
> >Patty
> >
> >
> >Dr. Patty Jansen
> >
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> >
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> >
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