Dear Listers,

Speaking of gross; how many of you have Nerita grossa Linnaeus, 1758 (= N.
variegata Röding, 1798)?  I have seen it only in books, museums, and my
collection (one remains, two have been traded off).

Harry


At 10:58 AM 9/1/99 +1000, you wrote:
>Dear James (and others),
>
>Being intertidal (and brackish/freshwater) herbivores I doubt that any
>netires are rare. Some might be a little less common than others. Such a
>species is probably Smaragdia tragena, which is never commonly encountered.
>but to call it rare would be a gross overstatement....

>Patty

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