Am passing along a request from an amateur malacologist in Belgium,
regarding scalarid forms.  I hope the respondant(s) will reply to the list
as well as to Mr. Geerts, since this is an interesting topic and i'm
certain many on the list will be interested to hear the theories and
observations!!

Aplogies for cross posting......

Regards,
ross mayhew.

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 Charles Geerts wrote:

Scalarid  forms of Cretan Albinarias Creta and scalarid forms in various
marine genera
         .I was recently able to get several specimens of a scalarid forms
of the Albinaria teres complex found on
         Creta , Greece. This form is well known  to science  and appears
in various publications on these little
         critters. Many of us have come accross scalarid forms in various
marine genera like for instance in the family
         Strombidae. They are often just described as entering in the
category of " freaks"Would there be a relation
         of any kind between the existence of such a scalarid population in
an Albinaria species and scalarid
         specimens in marine genera? Another somehow related question is
the presence or absence of costae in
         a same species of Albinaria(FYI, these costae in Albinaria, just
like in some Helicidae are hollow) Any
         relation between these costate specimens and marine genera that
also present smooth forms and ribbed
         or costate forms(some Sth American Trophons for instance)?Tks much
in advance for your help on
         this.Kindest regardsCharles

Felipe Javier López Chávez wrote:

> Dear all
> I am starting a project with plicopurpura and I expect to do
> philogeography, to do so I wil need samples from many places so I would
> like to ask you if possible to have samples of any of the three species.
> If somebody can help me out please contact me.
> Thanks in advance
> Felipe

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