Thank you for pointing that out Gijs. I couldn't see a way that someone
could ship a large specimen that would arrive in one piece. The contact I
used for my trading in that area disappeared too . Are any other species in
the region banned ? thanks again ,,,
Mark James & Peta Susan Bethke
3001 South Ocean Dr. Suite 4-V
Hollywood, Florida
33019-2804
U.S.A.
-----Original Message-----
From: Gijs C. Kronenberg <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Friday, April 09, 1999 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: Radoman & Yugoslavia
 
 
>Pinna nobilis is now consiedered an endagered species, all collecting
>except for local people, and trade is prohibited in Europe.
>
>Gijs
>
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>> Van: ferreter <[log in to unmask]>
>> Aan: [log in to unmask]
>> Onderwerp: Re: Radoman & Yugoslavia
>> Datum: woensdag 7 april 1999 15:17
>>
>> Andrew , you wrote "the name "Slobodan" means "Free, independent,
>courageous
>> and
>> >spirited" according to the Serbo-Croatian dictionary. "
>> This reminds me of a girl i once knew named Angel, she definately wasn't
>> .....
>> BTW, There are some real neat bivalves on the croatian coast like Pinna
>> Nobilis (Linne 1758) , they grow upwards of 60 cm !!!! the one i got in
>> trade was much smaller, the largest piece was maybe 20 cm and there were
>> lots of them. Mark James & Peta Susan Bethke
>> 3001 South Ocean Dr. Suite 4-V
>> Hollywood, Florida
>> 33019-2804
>> U.S.A.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kevin S. Cummings <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: Wednesday, April 07, 1999 2:33 PM
>> Subject: Radoman & Yugoslavia
>>
>>
>> >>Andrew Vik
>> >>Tampa, FL., USA.
>> >>[log in to unmask]
>> >>
>> >>Art:
>> >>
>> >>I hope that nobody in any way will consider this as supporting serbian
>> racial
>> >>aggression, but the name "Slobodan" means "Free, independent,
>courageous
>> and
>> >>spirited" according to the Serbo-Croatian dictionary. Now, to make this
>> >>message a
>> >>conchological, and nonpolitical one, you can learn about the freshwater
>> >>mollusca of
>> >>Yugoslavia by consulting the numerous papers of P. Radoman (mostly
>written
>> in
>> >>Serbian).
>> >
>> >OK, now you have me interested.  Tom Watters, Art Bogan and I have a
>> >working bibliography of freshwater molluscan literature that numbers
>over
>> >9000 entries but none from  P. Radoman on Yugoslavian freshwater
>mollusca.
>> >If you have any references to send I would love to see them.
>> >
>> >Slob O'Man Cummings
>> >
>> >Kevin S. Cummings
>> >Illinois Natural History Survey
>> >607 E. Peabody Drive
>> >Champaign, IL 61820
>> >[log in to unmask]
>> >http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cbd/collections/mollusk.html
>> >
>