Hi Paul,

as the Tegula pellisserpentis went to the snake show, I will ask you
if you can afford a second specimen for the museums collection in
Innsbruck.
with best regards and hope to hear from you as soon as possible
Helmut from Innsbruck


Helmut Nisters
Franz-Fischer-Str. 46
A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
phone and fax: 0043 / 512 / 57 32 14
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url: www.netwing.at/nisters/

or

Natural History Department of the
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck
malacological collection
Feldstr. 11a
A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
phone: 0043 / 512 / 58 72 86-37

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Hi Helmut,
I can send you a Tegula pellisserpentis.  I have several nice large ones.
In addition to "serpens" or "serpentis", anything with the folowing names is
named after snakes:
anguis, anguineus, anguinus
coluber, colubrinus
echis, echidion
natrix, natricis
ophis, ophidion
vipera, viperinus
I don't know how many of these pertain to mollusks.  I can think of a few -
Serpulorbis colubrinus, Siliquaria anguina, Ischnochiton ophioderma,
Nanomelon viperinus - good luck with the display.  Oh - also, the genus
Colubraria!
Regards,
Paul M.
Rhode island