Dear Heank;
 Thank you for the information
Regards,
 George

>Dear George,
>You have to use either the updated Dutch or German version of Kerney &
>Cameron's guide.
>In the Dutch edition (by Gittenberger p. 196)  it is recorded as jonica, in
>the German edition
>(by Jungbluth, but not available to me at the moment) it is mentioned as
>cisalpina.
>See also the guide by Fechter & Falkner, 1990. Weichtiere. (part written by
>Falkner: pp. 210-211,
>fig. 10 as cisalpina).
>Best regards,
>Henk K. Mienis
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: George P. Holm <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 10:30 PM
>Subject: Re: Unidentified alien land snail
>
>
>> I am looking in Land Snails of Britain and North-west Europe by Kerney and
>> Cameron. I am unable to locate cisalpina, is this perhaps a "new" name for
>> one of the listed species?
>> Regards,
>> George
>>
>>
>>
>> >It is most probably a Cernuella species either virgata or cisalpina
>(jonica
>> >in Dutch literature).
>> >Best regards,
>> >Henk K. Mienis
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>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: Orstan, Aydin <[log in to unmask]>
>> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 3:01 PM
>> >Subject: Unidentified alien land snail
>> >
>> >
>> >> Greetings,
>> >> I just returned from a 5-day vacation in Chincoteague, VA, where among
>> >> others I collected numerous specimens of a land snail that was almost
>> >> certainly introduced from Europe. More details, including photos are
>at:
>> >> http://members.aol.com/AydinsLibrary/chinco.htm
>> >>
>> >> I will appreciate your help to identify this snail.
>> >>
>> >> Aydin