Patty,

I have a battered shell that my parents brought back from Zihuatanejo,
Guerrero, Mexico. Keen calls it Ancistromerus mexicanus Broderip & Sowerby.

Let me know if you want me to send you a scan.

David Kirsh
Durham, NC

> From: Patty Jansen <[log in to unmask]>
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> Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 00:29:09 +1100
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> Subject: Patella mexicana
>
> Dear All,
>
> Still looking at limpets. I have asked a few dealers if they have any
> specimens of Patella mexicana, the only true Patellid on the American
> continent. All responses were negative. I then typed the name into
> Google.com, and came up with some strange information. One site
> http://www.rbt.ucr.ac.cr/revistas/48-3/esqueda.html suggests that it is
> common in places in Cuastecomate Bay (I presume this is in Costa Rica?),
> but another site http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/people/wbs/limptab.html seems
> to suggest it is extinct, or at least in the Gulf of California.
>
> Does anyone know more about this species and it's distribution, past or
> present? Has anyone collected it alive? Does anyone have any shells?
>
> regards
>
> Patty
>
>
> Dr. Patty Jansen
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