Dear Peter and Philip,
Many thanks for your information.
In the meanwhile I came across a datasheet of the Canadian Food Inspection
Agency,
where Helix aspersa is listed as occurring in Lower Mainland B.C. and indeed
Vancouver Island
( www.cfia-acia.agr.ca/english/ppc/science/pps/datasheets/helaspe.shtml )
This data sheet includes good pictures of Helix aspersa.
Best regards,
Henk K. Mienis

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From: Peter Egerton <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 9:34 PM
Subject: Re: the European Brown snail in Canada


> Henk,
>
> I've never seen one in the Vancouver area...but we have Cepaea nemoralis
> by the millions.
>
> Peter Egerton
>
>
> At 07:43 PM 3/12/01 +0200, you wrote:
> >   Dear Conchlers. I would be very pleased to know whether somebody  has
> >collected the European brown snail Cantarus (Cryptomphalus) aspersus
> >(Mueller, 1774) (better known by its old name Helix aspersa) in  Canada
> >during the last 10-15 years. Thanks in advance for your  cooperation!
Best
> >regards, Henk K. Mienis National Mollusc Collection &  Ecology Hebrew
> >University of Jerusalem IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel E-mail:
> >[log in to unmask]
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