I have collected Oreohelix between 8000-9000 ft elevation in the Rocky
Mountains of Colorado (USA).

>            Just a thought - but what altitude can land shells survive at ?
>  Is it coldness or lack of air ?  Can the Blue Ridge mountains and Smokies
>  be covered as well ?
>
>  There is bound to be a limit of one kind.  Think of water and land
> turtles
>  that live from sea to high deserts at 4000' or more.
>
>  Just a thought.
>
>  Martin

Regards,
Charlie
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Charlie Sturm
Research Associate - Section of Mollusks
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Assistant Professor - Family Medicine
Fellow-American Academy of Family Practice
Fellow-Academy of Wilderness Medicine

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