Well, some terrestrial snails in areas where the soil is calcium deficient
live on or in the vicinity of limestone outcrops which serve as the source
of calcium for their shells. Seems like bones would be another ready source
of calcium in areas where calcium is not abundant, and a snail's radula
would certainly be able to scrape off some material from such a source.

Paul M.

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> Subject:      Snails eat fossils: a claim encountered  by coincidence
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> www.zrc-sazu.si/izrk/carsologica/igu/biblio12.pdf
>
> Jamnik,Pavel:Unusual injury of the moose's jawbone,found in "Franc-losovo
> brezno "shaft above Glazuta near Ribnica (Slovenia).Acta
> carsologica,33/1,291-299,Ljubljana,2004.
> The article deals with unusual bone damage with rounded edges,found on the
> lower jaw-bone of a European moose.The remains of its skeleton were
> discovered by speleologists in the abyss above Glazuta.This damage differs
> from those,caused by nature in caves and sediments.Small mammals leave
> different tooth marks when gnawing bones.Maybe the damage was caused by
> snails?The assumption that snails damage fossil bones was first presented
> in case of the holes in fossilized rhinoceros bones from Dolarjeva jama at
> Logatec.
> K.W.:bone damage,European moose,small mammals,snails.
>
>
>       ----- Original Message -----
>       From: marlo
>       To: [log in to unmask]
>       Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 1:11 PM
>       Subject: Olivella pusilla
>
>
>       Abbott places O. pusilla in "Florida."  Gunther H. W. Sterba in his
> "Olividae A Collector's Guide"  describes O. pusilla as "The most abundant
> species of Olivella in Florida according to Olsson, 1956."  I have indeed
> found O. pusilla to be one of the most abundant in Florida, but not found
> recently in NE Florida.  So, I'm seeking first-hand records of any finds
> of live O. pusilla in NE to mid-eastern Florida in the last 10-15 years.
>
>       Has anyone found live O. pusilla north of Palm Beach recently?
>
>       Marlo
>
>       merritt island, FL
>
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