Dear James,

At the moment I don't keep shells living for missing space and I have not much experiance. But you
can contact another friend of Conch-l, Dirk Stratmann.
His e-mail is:
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with best shelling greetings
Helmut

please tell me further you wants, if you like also dry material for your collection, including some species
of the Mediterranean.

Helmut "Helix" Nisters
Franz-Fischer-Str. 46
A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Innsbruck
phone and fax: 0043 / 512 / 57 32 14
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web:    www.netwing.at/nisters/

office:
Natural History Department of the
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck
Feldstrasse 11 a
A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
phone: 0043 / 512 / 58 72 86 - 37

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Dear all,
I need some advice. I have some tiny (5mm), juvenile Cocliocopa lubrica
that I collected in my back yard. I placed these snails in a small
container
with some leaf-litter and a stone, and they all are quite active. I want
to keep
them for some time, as I want to see if I can observe any shell growth.
However,
I don't know what kind of care they need; what do they eat? Do they need
water?
Should they be kept moist? Do they need to stay in the dark? I would
really appreciate
help on this subject; I haven't been able to find info on it anywhere
else.

Thanks,
James