Hi Henk
It could be great idea for a movie.
A skeleton is found with some Ferussaciidae in its skull, in an area
where this spices does not exists.
Which lead the detectives to the conclusion that the skeleton was
removed from the location of it's original burial....why, by whom...

Regards - uri


Quoting Henk and Zvia Mienis <[log in to unmask]>:

 > Dear ConchLers,
 >
 > Here is some more information concerning the presence of members of the
 > Ferussaciidae on human bones.
 >
 > The European blindsnail Cecilioides acicula has often been encountered
 > on human bones. Several authors thought that they were using the calcium
 > of the bones for their shells. However, the latter are so thin and
 > transparent that they do not need a special source for chalk. The
 > Blindsnails (so called because they lack eyes due to the fact that they
 > are always living subterranean) are attracted by the fungi or moulds
 > growing on the bones on which they are feeding (Pfeffer, 1911;
 > Waechtler, 1929a-b; Froemming, 1954).
 >
 > Also species of the genus Calaxis are often found in graves on or near
 > bones. Calaxis hierosolymarum has been encountered for example in large
 > numbers in a human skull excavated in the north of Israel (Mienis,
 > 1992).
 >
 > If the floating technique for extracting snails from excavated earth is
 > employed at archaeological sites then often very large numbers of
 > Blindsnails and related species are obtained, especially when the
 > material originated from graves.
 >
 > Noteworthy is still the fact that neither Cecilioides nor Calaxis has
 > ever been encountered on human remains with flesh still adhered to the
 > bones.
 >
 > Further readings:
 >
 > Froemming, E., 1954. Biologie der mitteleuropaeischen Landgastropoden.
 > 404 pp. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin.
 > Mienis, H.K., 1992. Landsnails in a human skull from Khirbet Amarit,
 > Israel. The Papustyla, 6 (4): 46.
 > Pfeffer, J., 1911. Beitraege zur Molluskenfauna Deutschlands.
 > Nachrichtenblatt D.M.G., 43: 59-67.
 > Waechtler, W., 1929a. Zur Lebensweise der Cecilioides acicula Mueller.
 > Arch. Molluskenkunde, 61: 1-14.
 > Waechtler, W., 1929b. Anatomie und Biologie der augenlosen
 > Landlungenschnecke Caecilioides acicula Mueller. Zeitschrift fuer Morph.
 > & Oekol. Tiere, 13: 359-462.
 >
 > Sorry, most literature dealing with this subject is written in German.
 >
 > Best regards,
 >
 > Henk K. Mienis
 >
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 >



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