Dear Patty,


We collected in august three weeks in Baja California and didn't find the P.
mexicana. Local collectors told me there are none in Baja, but that the
species is relatively common around Acapulco but protected by the Mexican
gouvernement now. Occasionally we get specimen from old (thirty years and
over) collections in Europe that are dwelling around on shell shows. The
biggest I ever saw was 22 cm.
Keen wrote it is still very common there where the coast is difficult to
access. It is protected, not against shell collectors, but against locals
who consider it a delicacy, similar to abalone.

With best regards, Guido
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> From: Geoff Macaulay <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 22:57:28 +1100
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Patella mexicana
>
> Patty
> I remember somewhere hearing that it is a protected species but not sure if
> this is Mexico or US
> Geoff
>
>
>> From: Patty Jansen <[log in to unmask]>
>> Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Patella mexicana
>> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 00:29:09 +1100
>>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> Still looking at limpets. I have asked a few dealers if they have any
>> specimens of Patella mexicana, the only true Patellid on the American
>> continent. All responses were negative. I then typed the name into
>> Google.com, and came up with some strange information. One site
>> http://www.rbt.ucr.ac.cr/revistas/48-3/esqueda.html suggests that it is
>> common in places in Cuastecomate Bay (I presume this is in Costa Rica?),
>> but another site http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/people/wbs/limptab.html seems
>> to suggest it is extinct, or at least in the Gulf of California.
>>
>> Does anyone know more about this species and it's distribution, past or
>> present? Has anyone collected it alive? Does anyone have any shells?
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Patty
>>
>>
>> Dr. Patty Jansen
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