Eduardo,
How did you preserve the astraea and tegulas for transport home? In some
countries you can't get isopropyl alcohol (which I use to temporarily kill
and keep smaller shells until I can get the animal out) and you have to use
metholated spirits. That stuff stinks and the animal, shell and all stink
for quite a while after you've cleaned them.
I have noticed some astraeas do smell. They are among the easiest of
animals to remove. The animals of astraeas and tegulas are often green. Any
correlation?
Peggy
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