Ron, Susan et al

re Assiminea

In New York we have found our local Assiminea under debris (wooden
boards etc) high in marshy areas, just above the local marshgrass
(Spartina)

we have also found them on concrete blocks  (manmade shoreline) quite
high up at one spot within the New York City borders. Out in the open
or in crevices/cracks between the boulders. I tip my hat to whichever
of our local collectors ever noticed them there.

On 9/22/15, Ron G. Noseworthy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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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