> Forwarded to Conch-L from Helmut Nisters:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Helmut Nisters [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> To: Tim Pearce
> Subject: Cochlicopa
>
> Dear Tim,
>
In all our large European scientific works about the landshells is
Cochlicopa. This is the right Genus name as we use it in the whole of
Europe. Only the discussion about what is Cochlicpa lubrica, lubricella,
repentina. You can see this through anatomic and repentina is not an own
species. Cochlicopa lubricella is smaller, thinner as lubrica, but also the
southern specimens of lubrica in South Tyrol are smaller than their
representatives in North Tyrol. Cochlicopa lubrica lives at not to moist
places, in leaves, under old wood, under stones, on rocks with mould, in
forests and is mightbe the most common one. Cochlicopa lubricella lives on
quite dry places, as on sun exponed slopes eg, while the rare Cochlicopa
nitens (the broadest and largest of this Genus) lives in wet places, near
different waters, as lakes in reef, in marshes, eg.

> Could you distibuite this message on Conch-l for me as I can't reach it at
> the moment.
>
with best regards
Helmut from Innsbruck

Helmut "Helix" Nisters
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