Pinna nobilis is now consiedered an endagered species, all collecting
except for local people, and trade is prohibited in Europe.
Gijs
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> Van: ferreter <[log in to unmask]>
> Aan: [log in to unmask]
> Onderwerp: Re: Radoman & Yugoslavia
> Datum: woensdag 7 april 1999 15:17
>
> Andrew , you wrote "the name "Slobodan" means "Free, independent,
courageous
> and
> >spirited" according to the Serbo-Croatian dictionary. "
> This reminds me of a girl i once knew named Angel, she definately wasn't
> .....
> BTW, There are some real neat bivalves on the croatian coast like Pinna
> Nobilis (Linne 1758) , they grow upwards of 60 cm !!!! the one i got in
> trade was much smaller, the largest piece was maybe 20 cm and there were
> lots of them. Mark James & Peta Susan Bethke
> 3001 South Ocean Dr. Suite 4-V
> Hollywood, Florida
> 33019-2804
> U.S.A.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin S. Cummings <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wednesday, April 07, 1999 2:33 PM
> Subject: Radoman & Yugoslavia
>
>
> >>Andrew Vik
> >>Tampa, FL., USA.
> >>[log in to unmask]
> >>
> >>Art:
> >>
> >>I hope that nobody in any way will consider this as supporting serbian
> racial
> >>aggression, but the name "Slobodan" means "Free, independent,
courageous
> and
> >>spirited" according to the Serbo-Croatian dictionary. Now, to make this
> >>message a
> >>conchological, and nonpolitical one, you can learn about the freshwater
> >>mollusca of
> >>Yugoslavia by consulting the numerous papers of P. Radoman (mostly
written
> in
> >>Serbian).
> >
> >OK, now you have me interested. Tom Watters, Art Bogan and I have a
> >working bibliography of freshwater molluscan literature that numbers
over
> >9000 entries but none from P. Radoman on Yugoslavian freshwater
mollusca.
> >If you have any references to send I would love to see them.
> >
> >Slob O'Man Cummings
> >
> >Kevin S. Cummings
> >Illinois Natural History Survey
> >607 E. Peabody Drive
> >Champaign, IL 61820
> >[log in to unmask]
> >http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cbd/collections/mollusk.html
> >
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