Dear Bernd,

No molluscs are living in the Dead Sea, however, Theodoxus, Melanopsis,
Melanoides and Heleobia are living in freshwater streams and springs around
the Dead Sea. Near 'En Feshkha even at a few meters from the edge of the
Dead Sea, but none in latter's water.

Henk Mienis
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Subject: [CONCH-L] Dead Sea Mollusks


>
> Dear Listers,
> during a guided tour through our shell museum in Cismar a child asked me
> whether there are mollusks inside the hypersaline Dead Sea. I had to
> confess
> that I have no idea about it. Can anybody help me out?
> Thanks
> Bernd Sahlmann
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