Dear Tom,

I'm out the door for a meeting, but these three species are likely
non-native globetrotters. More later if the colloquium is still open.

Harry


At 03:28 PM 1/18/2011, you wrote:
>I purchased a handful of landsnail shells from Green Mountain,
>Ascension Island. I don't know my landsnail names very well, if at
>all. I don't expect anything very rare (except that they ARE from
>Ascension Island), but can someone help identify them? Even to the
>Genus name would be helpful, as I am planning on displaying them in
>a shell show display this weekend (Broward Shell Show).
>
>Pictures can be found here:
>
>www.flickr.com/photos/TBallPictures
>
>There is one picture w/ all 15 shells, and 3 other pics are close-up photos.
>
>On the conglomerate picture, the top row of 9 shells are about
>8-15mm. The third specimen from the left has a brown stripe around
>the periphery of the body whorl which I tried to show, the others
>don't seem to have that.
>
>On the bottom row, there are 5 of one species, and one of another (I
>think). The small one is about 4mm. The others are 10-20mm.
>
>Thank you in advance.
>
>Tom Ball
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>[log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs
>To leave this list, click on the following web link:
>http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1
>Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and
>click leave the list.
>----------------------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------
[log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs
To leave this list, click on the following web link:
http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1
Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and
click leave the list.
----------------------------------------------------------------------