Harry Lee provided the correct and true spelling of this species.......Kurt
Leslie Allen wrote:
>Hi Dan
>..Quite a nice shell to have!!!
>
>When Fred Thompson helped me to identify my Belize, Guatamala& Honduras
>materials he labeled it as:
>Pachychilus glaphrius (with the added "i" in the ending as shown)
>
>It is a fresh-water shell rather than a land shell. I do not know the range of
>it but it can specifically be found in the Mecal River. Hundreds of these were
>dug from the middens at Cahol Pech, which is a Mayan palacial site in San
>Ignacio, Belize. The Mecal River runs through the edge of town, which is
>located somewhat in the center of Belize (north to south), near the Guatemalan
>frontier. It is the Belize highlands, on the other side of the mountains from
>the coastal plain which often referred to as the (infamous) Mosquito Coast.
>
>Pachychilus glaphrius is often encrusted and looks somewhat like a large
>Pacific Cerithid at first... but with its chestnut periostracum showing, at
>second glance it reminds me of a Buccinid.
>
>Hope this was helpful if not amusing.
>.. I sure miss those traveling and collecting days!
>Leslie
>
>PS - Getting good literature on Mesoamerican land and freshwater Mollusca has
>been a bit of a daunting task for me... & I finally gave up. Seems for the
>most part it is scattered through a dozen journals, a species or two at a time,
>over a hundred + years. There are a few expedition reports that I have
>acquired but never a lot of content, (typically new species only illustrated,
>with other species only listed), and mainly never from a place where I went...
>
>---------------------------------
>To all the exotic landsnail buffs,
>
>Today I received a package from a friend, with a very strange
>operculated landsnail, labeled Pachychilus glaphyrum from Palenque,
>Chiapas, Mexico. I have searched the internet with that name and come up
>empty . Does anyone have any idea of a website where I might compare this
>specimen.
>Thank you in advance for any help.
>Dan Yoshimoto
>
>Dan, Hiromi & Kuma Yoshimoto
>1164 Vista Dr.
>Eureka, California 95503-6018 U.S.A.
>
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