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Paul Monfils <[log in to unmask]>
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Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 19 Feb 1998 09:54:14 -0500
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Air Br. in this context undoubtedly means air breathing snails (land
snails and various intertidal and marsh snails fall into this
category, as well as some fresh water snails) - these forms do not
have gills, and instead breath by means of a specialized mantle
cavity which acts (more or less) like a primitive lung.  There is
plenty written on dextral and sinistral ("right-handed" and
"left-handed") snails, but I don't know what your notations "left
whorl" and "right whorl" might mean here, because there is no
correlation between direction of shell spiral and method of
respiration.
 
Paul M.

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