Henk,

I've never seen one in the Vancouver area...but we have Cepaea nemoralis
by the millions.

Peter Egerton


At 07:43 PM 3/12/01 +0200, you wrote:
>   Dear Conchlers. I would be very pleased to know whether somebody  has
>collected the European brown snail Cantarus (Cryptomphalus) aspersus
>(Mueller, 1774) (better known by its old name Helix aspersa) in  Canada
>during the last 10-15 years. Thanks in advance for your  cooperation! Best
>regards, Henk K. Mienis National Mollusc Collection &  Ecology Hebrew
>University of Jerusalem IL-91904 Jerusalem, Israel E-mail:
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