Paul,

I collected a suite of species atop Khunjerab Pass at the Pakistan/China
border at 4,730 m (about 15,000 ft).....pupilloids, etc.  A manuscript
on one of these species (to be described) is about to be submitted by me
and a few coauthors......But I've seen a record of something
higher.....just can't remember what right now.....  can't remember a lot
lately......

Kurt

Paul Callomon wrote:
> A heads-up for Conch-L trivia hounds:
>
> For a talk I'm preparing, I need to know the highest altitude at which a mollusk has been found living (as opposed to dropped by birds, put there by Satan etc.) as represented by a published record. Anecdotal evidence puts this at around 16,000 feet (5,500 meters or so).
>
> Cheers,
>
> PC.
>
> Paul Callomon
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