Here is a link to an article mentioning the name Rachistia aldabrae. The
shell showed here :
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/dexter/sinister/gallery/species/RacHis.html is
misidentified, most probably...

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> Nooo, see below its surviving relatives:
> http://arnobrosi.tripod.com/cerastidae.html
>
> I think some conservation projects should be held (captive breeding etc),
> there are lots facing extinction via habitat disturbance and or
> disturbances
> caused by Euglandina etc. (in Samoa, Guam, Hawaii and many).
>
> What i dont understand, although tropical many island endemics of Indian
> Ocean land snails are generally thick shelled (and large). That means,
> excluding any possible factors, heat tolerant (not loving) species can be
> more vulnerable.
>
> Ümit
>
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>> Here is a link for a photo of Rachistia aldabrae:
>> http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/08/aldabra_banded_snail.php .
>> Franck Frydman
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>> > Thanks, Sue.
>> >
>> > Is there an internet image of it? The story doesn't bother to give the
>> > scientific name of the shell. Aldabra is the name of an island in the
>> > Seychelles.
>> >
>> > David Kirsh
>> >
>> >
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