Dear Fred and all
Aldus has also supplied me with many specimens since I met him when in
Madagascar in 1998. I correspond irregularly via email, but unfortunately
nothing has been getting out with the current political situation for more
than 6 months
Geoff






>From: fred hinkle <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Tropidophora from Madagascar
>Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 12:08:05 -0500
>
>Dear Simon et al,
>  Since this is probably of interest to many of us I am posting it to all.
>  My wife being from Madagascar, I frequent there almost every other year
>for
>the past 30. Not always in search of shells as her family visits are more
>important! (Boo, Hiss?)
>  Some years ago I met the person that exports most if not all of the land
>snails. He is at e-mail [log in to unmask]
>  His first name is Aldus and his prices are extremely fair as he must
>travel
>that huge island to obtain his stock. Also since the recent political
>troubles this my no longer be valid but he had a web sit.
>HTTP://TAKALAKA.DTS.MG/PHYLUM
>  All of his ID's are from a French language book by Fischer-Piette. (My no
>longer be in print.) It contained all the Madagascar land snails at the
>time
>of print inculding one that Abbott claimed was extinct. I have these live
>collected with operc as does Aldus. Rare but living!
>  Send your JPEG's to [log in to unmask] as I have a box in my collection
>that
>measures 23x23x6 cm full of the species from Madagascar.
>
>Fred
>
>  Nobody is farther from salt water that I. Alas!
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