Correction from Henk.

I should have been more careful. You got me confused Ümit! Stearns' paper
said Helix desertorum.

Aydin

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From: mienis
To: Orstan, Aydin
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 11:48 AM
Subject: euchondrus/Eremina


Aydin,

The living landsnails from the Middle East pasted on a piece of carton in
the collection of the British Museum did not belong to Euchondrus
desertorum (described by Rochanaburananda in Forcart only in 1981!), but to
Eremina desertorum.
Henk


On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:50:21 -0500, aydin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Euchondrus desertorum, reported by Stearns, R.E.C. 1877. On the vitality of
>certain land mollusks. American Naturalist 11:100-102.
>
>It was 4 years, not 5.
>
>Aydin
>
>On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 23:06:10 +0200, umit <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>I know that the most tough guy is a desert snail Euchondrus sp. that awoke
>>after some 5 years glued on a cartoon in a gallery of a museum. This is a
>>Guinness record. Are any others heard of it too?
>
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