A friend send us some land snails from portugal once... i had
them arranged on a display desk. But one shell always was out of
place... I was very surprise when i checked the shell and found
out it was still alive!
Ok, land snails can live for quite long time withou water...
eventhough it was quite a surprise.

wiggers.


--- Tom Eichhorst <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Oh yeah.  I had a similar experience with some small nerites
> from the
> Philippines.  The major difference is that my shipment was
> confiscated by US
> Customs and then about a week later I had a visit (two hour)
> by two agents
> from the US Department of Agriculture.  They were less than
> excited about
> someone importing live snails, even by mistake.  They were
> very polite, but
> the shells are gone.  I am still not sure they were really
> still alive, but
> cannot say for sure one way or another.  Some nerites can live
> out of water
> for two months.  These had been out at least that long before
> leaving the
> P.I. and are not a species known for long survival times when
> put up dry.
> It was an interesting experience (in the Chinese proverb sense
> of that
> word).
>
>
> Tom E.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Conchologists List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of
> ronald noseworthy
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 10:12 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Mollusc Survival
>
>
> Hi, Everyone!
>
> I thought that this might be of interest to
> some list members who are interested in
> mollusc survival in adverse conditions.
>
> Tonight I opened a bag of what I had though
> to be sand only from a beach on Cheju Island.
>  A good friend of mine who has a knack for
> finding interesting material from the many
> beaches here had collected the sand on
> February 22.  To my surprise, when I opened
> the bag, I found in the damp sand several
> specimens of Litttorina brevicula which had
> been live taken. (The smell told me that!)
> However, one of the specimens was still alive
> and began to emerge from the shell.
>
> More than three weeks have passed since this
> specimen was collected and placed in the bag,
> completely covered in sand.  Also, Ziplock
> bags are supposed to be airtight and my
> friend had ensured that this bag was
> well-sealed.  It is rather surprising that
> this specimen survived for so long in those
> adverse conditions, even though its
> companions expired.
>
> Are there any other stories out there about
> molluscs that were collected and somehow
> managed to survive for a long time, or in
> adverse conditions, before being attended to?
>
> All the best!
> Ron Noseworthy
>
>
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