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Re: green snail
From:
Paul Drez <[log in to unmask]>
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Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 11 Feb 1999 19:10:58 -0700
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When I was doing some minerals exploration work in Papau New Guinea in the
mid 1980's I had a chance to go to Manus Island.  The green snail was so
"rare" that we had trouble with them crawling into our equipment, backpacks
and being stepped on as we walked through the jungle (semi-trails)!!
 
Paul
 
 
At 06:02 PM 2/11/99 -0500, you wrote:
>In 1990, there were LOTS of them for sale in the Philippines for $10 ea.
>And I mean buckets.
>
>I believe at one time Tucker Abbott pointed out that it is not a rare
>shell, just very localized (like most landsnails) and subject to
>deforestation.
>
>

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