Paul, Kurt, et al.,
What about the record for deepest marine
mollusks? In 1999 I wrote a paper with Jerry
Harasewych on the deepest Atlantic mollusks*, and
was under the impression at that time that the
world record for deepest mollusks had been for
the Challenger Deep at the bottom of the Marianas
Trench. However, the world record I find in my
files however is for unidentified gastropods
collected at the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench between
9520-9530 m depth (Wolff, 1970). Could anyone provide more information on this?
*http://www.invertebratebiology.org/ib1182.htm#A1.4
Wolff, T. 1970. The concept of the ultra-abyssal
fauna. Deep-Sea Research 17: 983-1083.
Cheers,
José
At 12:04 PM 06/20/06, you wrote:
>Paul,
>
>I collected a suite of species atop Khunjerab Pass at the Pakistan/China
>border at 4,730 m (about 15,000 ft).....pupilloids, etc. A manuscript
>on one of these species (to be described) is about to be submitted by me
>and a few coauthors......But I've seen a record of something
>higher.....just can't remember what right now..... can't remember a lot
>lately......
>
>Kurt
>
>Paul Callomon wrote:
>>A heads-up for Conch-L trivia hounds:
>>
>>For a talk I'm preparing, I need to know the
>>highest altitude at which a mollusk has been
>>found living (as opposed to dropped by birds,
>>put there by Satan etc.) as represented by a
>>published record. Anecdotal evidence puts this
>>at around 16,000 feet (5,500 meters or so).
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>PC.
>>
>>Paul Callomon
>>Collections Manager
>>Malacology, Invertebrate Paleontology and General Invertebrates
>>Department of Malacology
>>Academy of Natural Sciences
>>1900 Parkway, Philadelphia PA 19103-1195, USA
>>Tel 215-405-5096
>>Fax 215-299-1170
>>Secretary, American Malacological Society
>>On the web at www.malacological.org
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