Art, that question you should have asked Wetherby several years ago, I think
in 1879. With other words I really do not know.
Regards,
Henk

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Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 4:24 AM
Subject: Re: Marisa and ramshorns


> Dear Henk;-
>    Was Planorbella duryi named for Ralph Dury, former director of The
Cincinnati Museum of Natural History?
>     Art
> >
> > From: mienis <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: 2004/02/17 Tue PM 01:55:09 EST
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Marisa and ramshorns
> >
> > Real aquarium lovers don't flush their excessive fish, snails or aquatic
> > plants through the toilet, but release them in a nearby pond, lake,
stream,
> > ditch or canal. This may explain the large numbers of exotics you
encounter
> > everywhere not only among the molluscs, but also among the freshwater
fish,
> > aquatic reptiles, etc. This has even led to "hilarious" situations
caused by
> > the release of crocs and gators, which became to large for the bathtub.
> > The most common aquatic snail in Israel is at this moment Haitia acuta
> > (better known by its old name Physella acuta or its synonym
heterostropha),
> > a good second is Pseudosuccinea columella and the third Planorbella
duryi.
> > All three are well known cosmopolitan aquarium snails originally from
North
> > America. An other century or two and at the current rate you can
identify
> > 50% of the plants and animals in any country with a single guide.
> > Henk K. Mienis
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Wiggers" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 8:16 PM
> > Subject: Re: Marisa and ramshorns
> >
> >
> > > --- [log in to unmask]
> > >Dear Andrew and Blue:-
> > ....The material then goes to a water purification plant which kills
> > everything including bacteria before it is released into local rivers.
How
> > do snails survive this?
> > Q-Man
> >
> > >Some people also throw the animals directely in the rivers...(it
> > also happens with ornamental fish - very common in Florida, as
> > I've read).
> >
> > > Wiggers
> >
>
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