Hi Ross and all,

Some add ons etc. from the other side of the Atlantic...

Lischkeia ottoi, Omalogyra atomUs and Lacuna pallidula are also supposed to
live/living in the Mediterranean and neighbouring Atlantic. So perhaps an
European collector/dealer can help you unless of course you want them from
your side of the Atlantic.

I've got Lacuna pallidula. It's quite common in Brittany (France). But my
specimens are beached, small and worn...

By the way: the genus is Seguenzia, the guy after whom its named is
SeguenZA.

greetinx, Erick


----- Original Message -----
From: Ross Mayhew <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 4:52 AM
Subject: DREAM SHELLS!!!


> I have several "dream shells", but the top three have to be:
>
> 1) "Lishkeia" ottoi (Philippi, 1844): Abbott, 1974 lists this as
> "common" - right, and so are pots of gold at the end of rainbows.  There
> is not a single live specimen in any collection in Eastern Canada - a
> "subfossil" is the best i've seen.  David Delucia once got one for $5,
> but he seemed reluctant to part with it...
>
> 2) Volutomitra groenlandica (Muller, 1842): ok - Abbott has this one as
> "uncommon" - to off Massachusetts!
>
> 3) Seguenzia monocingulata monocingulata Seguenzia, 1876 - Gulf of Maine
> to Mexico - DEEP!!
>
> Surprisingly, i also lack Lacuna pallidula (da Costa, 1778) - it is
> supposed to be rather frequent, to Conneticut, in shallow water, on
> Fucus - but i just can't find the beastie!!
>
> O yes - i wouldn't mind an Omalogyra planorbis (Dall,1927), - this
> little guy is only 1mm or so all grown up - or an Omalogyra atomis
> (Phillipi, 1841), which is only half that size in its old age, ad occurs
> to Rhode Island, in "lower rock pools".
>
> These are for my study & reference collection, so i don't suppose anyone
> will mind if i scream that
>
> I WILL TRADE ***VERY*** GENEROUSLY FOR ANY OF THESE CRYPTIC CRITTERS!!!
>
> -Ross.
>