I guess the genus is correct but the species is definitely different.
Rachistia is concentrated in E africa with som ASian representatives.
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> 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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> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 10:54 PM
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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
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > “My mother had to explain that one couldn't compose a Liszt rhapsody
> >> > because it was a piece of music that Liszt himself had composed.” --
> >> > Sergei Prokofiev
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