Dear Phil,
I found the following in Vaught's mollusca classification:
FAMILY: HYDROBIIDAE
Hydrobiidae Troschel, 1857 [Gastropoda, Prosobranchia, Mesogastropoda,
Rissoidea]; Vaught, 1989: 20
Hydrobiidae Troschel, 1857 [Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda,
Neotaenioglossa];Le Renard, 1996: 40
Hydrobiidae Troschel, 1857 [Gastropoda, Streptoneura, Caenogastropoda,
Neotaenioglossa, Truncatelloidea]; Pacaud & Le Renard, 1995: 160
Hydrobioidea
SUBFAMILY: SADLERIANINAE
Sadlerianinae [Gastropoda, Prosobranchia, Mesogastropoda, Rissoidea,
Hydrobiidae]; Vaught, 1989: 22
SADLERIANA Clessin, 1887
BELGRANDIA Bourguignat, 1869
Belgrandia gibba Draparnaud, 1805 is cited in Cossignani, Tiziano &
Cossignani, Vicenzo, "Atlante delle Conchiglie Terrestri e Dulciacquicole
Italiane." 1995. L'Informatore Piceno, Ancona, Italy.
This work indicated the range as the northwest corner of Italy. It runs
about 1.5 - 2.0 mm in length.
Let me know if I can help more,
Scott
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From: Phil Liff-Grieff [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 8:19 PM
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Subject: A shell ID question
Dear Conch-L'ers,
It has been so quiet over the last few days; I assumed that everyone was
busily
drafting their wittiest responses to the
"Is-there-a-way-to-get-the-Conch-out-of-the-shell" question. So, while we
are
waiting for the rest to pour in, I have a different question-
I have two small shells that were labeled as follows (or as best as I can
read the
handwriting):
Belgrandia gibba Drap. var. Tris.
Can anyone place this genus in a family for me and give me any information
about
the species and it's range?
Thanks,
Phil Liff-Grieff
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PS Someone removed the Conch from these shells many decades ago. I assume
that
the animals did not survive the relocation process.
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