Dear Dr. Minton,
Have you tried the Florida Museum of Natural History.  We have vast
holdings of freshwater gastropods from the eastern US.  Contact the
curator, Dr. Fred G. Thompson at [log in to unmask]  Unfortunately, he's
out of the country until March, 1998.  Try our database at
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu just to see if we have any.
 
Kurt
 
 
 
At 06:50 PM 1/15/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Can anyone help me locate any specimens of Lithasia curta?  Burch mentions
>it in his freshwater gastropods of North America, and Goodrich lists it
>from the Ohio/Tennessee systems, but I can't find any reference nor
>illustration of it.  I have been unable to find it at any of the major
>collections (DMNH, AMNH, Michigan, etc).  Any info would be greatly
>appreciated.
>
>Russ Minton             phone: 205-348-0380
>University of Alabama   email: [log in to unmask]
>Box 870345
>Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
>