Dear Victoriano,
I don't have my Philippine references here at work so I'm not sure it
gracilis is still valid.  It was described by Lea.  An illustration can be
found on Poppe's webpage given below.  These pages include Hidalgo's Obras
Malacologicas.....gracilis is on Plate 116.  Search by the plate number.

Good luck....Kurt

http://www.conchology.uunethost.be/cyberconchology/oldbookshidalgosearch.html





At 03:32 PM 12/17/01 -0500, you wrote:
>A few years ago I bought a shell in a shop with the name of Helicostyla
>gracilis, now I were verifing this but this name doesn´t appear in
>internet. So does it exist?
>Thanks to all.
>Victoriano, Spain
>
Mr. Kurt Auffenberg
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