good point, and/or on overcast days, or during/after rains especially
in shaded areas. I have seen that with Truncatellas.

On 9/22/15, Marien Faber <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> my 2 cents: could it be when, rather than how and where? Maybe they are
> hiding during the day and active at night.
> Marien
>
>> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 10:02:29 -0700
>> From: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Melampus monile and Tralia ovula
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>
>> Hi, Susan!
>>
>> I share your frustration.
>>
>> For fifteen years I have been trying to find live specimens of
>> Assimineidae, Truncatellidae, and Ellobiidae here on Jeju Island.  I have
>> plenty of dead specimens of several species from each family, but so far I
>> have only one live-taken specimen of Laemodonta octanfracta, in the
>> Ellobiidae, and it took a lot of searching to find that one.
>>
>> If anyone has any tips on how and where to look for these elusive high
>> intertidal critters, I would really appreciate it!
>>
>> All the best from Korea!
>> Ron Noseworthy
>>
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>> On Tue, 9/22/15, Susan J. Hewitt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>  Subject: [CONCH-L] Melampus monile and Tralia ovula
>>  To: [log in to unmask]
>>  Received: Tuesday, September 22, 2015, 10:43 PM
>>
>>  When I am in the Leeward Islands, on
>>  the rocky islands of Nevis, St. Kitts, Montserrat and St.
>>  Eustatius, I fairly often find, in the beach drift, almost
>>  everywhere, at least a few really fresh-looking shells of
>>  Melampus monile and Tralia ovula.
>>
>>  There is no salt marsh habitat on these islands or anything
>>  remotely resembling that. Does anyone know where exactly
>>  these pulmonates live in rocky areas or on rocky islands? Do
>>  they live under small rocks at and above the high tide
>>  level?
>>
>>  And where do they live on sand beaches that have only very
>>  dry habitat above the high tide level?
>>
>>  I have tried searching under dead seaweed at and above high
>>  tide level, but with no luck: the tropical sun always seems
>>  to have baked the weed until it is dry and crisp.
>>
>>  I also can't find live Truncatella, despite there being
>>  shells in the beach drift.
>>
>>  Any ideas for where these animals live on dry rocky
>>  islands?
>>
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