Dear Alex;-
  Thanks for helping. I'll try to find the origin of the shell from the guy who gave it to me. Other than that, I'll try to bring it to the COA in Tacoma.
   Art
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> From: Alex Menez <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2003/06/07 Sat PM 05:29:51 EDT
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: There's this shell
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> This is a monster snail for Europe! Helix lucorum and Helix pomatia are the
> largest land snails in Europe and attain maximal heights and widths of about
> 55mm. The coloration and apertural shape of your specimen do not match
> these. I have never seen such a beastie as the one you describe from Europe,
> and certainly not from Spain! Maybe a photo might be helpful. I would
> definately consider whether this shell came from elsewhere, you certainly
> are not sure of the locality. There is the possibility it may have been
> bought in a souvenir shop (shell and souvenir shops in Spain, as almost
> everywhere else also sell exotic land shells).
>
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> Dear experts;-
>    A friend gave me a shell---no data---maybe from Spain. It is clearly a
> land shell. Roundish like an apple snail, it measures 62mm from the
> proticonch and also axially. the "mouth" measures 42 x 30mm and is comma or
> kidney-pool shaped. The color starts at the protoconch as a dark pink. It
> becomes greenish and is a dark strong khaki or olive green on the final
> whorl. There is a slight flaring on the lip. The color is crossed by small
> darker and lighter lines in both directions. There are four whorls.
>    Any Ideas? Will be happy with Genus.
>     Art
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