Dear Mr. Geerts,
most of the local Clausilas are protected, but the law has never been enforced.
A few, especially the Gozo species are on the verge of extinction.
I do not think dead specimens are covered by the law.
However, if you would like a few dead specimens I will send you a sample, but I
think you
would want to collect them yourself from their type locality.
Incidentally, do you have any spare valves of Pisidium casertanum and P.
personatum for me?
regards,

Charles Geerts wrote:

> Dear Mr. Misfud,
>
> This is not answering your post directly, but I planed to write to you some
> time ago as I was planning a trip to Malta to possibly collect some snails
> and especialy clausilias. Unfortunately I had to pospone this winter trip.
> I understand from some friends that they are now protected. Is that valid
> for all Maltese snails or just the fast dissapearing special ones from Gozo
> or the mainland. Would this law be applicable to death specimens too?
> Kind regards
> Charles

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