Dear Sophie, This weekend I will compose a little list with publications about Malaysian terrestrial molluscs. But i warn you, there are no books, only a lot of publications in a large number of malacological and non-malacological magazines. I will sent you also a copy of a card with limestone areas in Malaysia and a copy of my little manuel. I heard there is a translation of the book of Kerney in French. I tried to get this book here in the Netherlands but with no succes. If I sent you money, maybe you could buy it for me in France. Many thanks in advance ! Wim > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: sophie Valtat [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Verzonden: dinsdag 16 mei 2000 15:57 > Aan: [log in to unmask] > Onderwerp: Re: questions on Landsnails > > Dear Wim, > > I'll spend one month in peninsular Malaysia (east coast) in August. I > don't know if there is any limestone on the island because last time > I was there I was all the time in the water but I'll investigate the > jungle this year. I must confess I'm a beginner (certainly not a > advanced collector !) for seashells and I've never collected any > land-snails (but to eat them!) even in France. So your manual could > be very useful ! For ID I've only got something in the two volumes on > Indonesian shells and as far as I remember (I'm in the office) it's > fresh water and not land-snails. So could you recommend me something ? > > Among the shells I've collected last year in Malaysia there are two I > cannot find anywhere in the usual literature (compendium, Wilson's > volumes on Australian shells, Indonesian volumes). One looks like an > Umbonium but is not : more flat and on the back the spires are > visible till the center, not fade as on Umbonium. As there is a > little river (very little) with fresh water which runs into the sea > on the beach, I was wondering wether my false Umbonium could be a > fresh water mollusk. I've collected them dead, the size is less than > 10mm. > What could you recommend any books for east-asia fresh water ? > > Thank you in advance, > > From a real French beginner, Sophie > > > >dear mr. Sim > > > >You live in a wunderfull countrey for collecting land-snails. If You wish > I > >could sent you a manuel how to collect in the tropics. But first of all > you > >have to look for some limestone areas, they are the best in the tropics > for > >collecting. Do'nt forget Mount Kinabalu. Bouchet and Tillier wrote a > report > >with descriptions of a number of new species from this mountain. > >I collected since 1992 once a year in South-East Asia (Sulawesi, Sumatra > and > >West Malaysia). If you wish I could help you with some identifications in > >case you collect something. > Wim > > > -- > > -- > Sophie Valtat > 16, rue des Ecoles - 75005 Paris - France