Dear Sophie Chan site can be found at http://home.pacific.net.sg/~chansy/ and is very good. After a very quick look at this I will stick with Cyclophorus perdix, but the Hemiplecta is probably humphreysiana (distincta is from Thailand?), the Pila is not ampullacea. I think the Amphidromus is probably inversus by the colour pattern. What sizes are your shells? Geoff >From: Geoff Macaulay <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: landsnails from Malaysia >Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 17:27:58 +1100 > >Dear Sophie, >Paul is quite right. >Nos 12, 13, 16 - 19 are all Achatina fulica. >Nos 8 - 11 and 14, 15 are all one species of Amphidromus >Nos 5 6 & 7 are all Pila. 6 & 7 probably ampullacea and 5 may be a juvenile >of the same. >4 is Faunus ater >1 & 2 are possibly Cyclophorus perdix aquila >while 3 might be Hemiplecta distincta?? >However I will have to check the books and it will be a few days before I >get time for that. Then I can give a confident ID (hopefully). >Chan Sow Yans Singapore site might help here too - I will try to find that >address too. >Regards >Geoff Macaulay > > > >>From: Sophie Valtat <[log in to unmask]> >>Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]> >>To: [log in to unmask] >>Subject: landsnails from Malaysia >>Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 16:29:40 +0100 >> >>Hello, >> >>As it seems fairly quiet around, may I propose for ID some >>landsnails / freshwater from East coast of peninsular Malaysia. Of >>course, the advice of our expert Jeoff Macaulay will be welcome but >>if you've got an idea feel free ! >>The exact place is : Perhentian island, Teluk dalam. The species are >>for sure very commun but I have no knowledge in this area. I put >>tentative genus names. Most of the shells were founded in the jungle >>except the Faunus ater (beach combing) and the Amphidromus (beach >>combing and in a clearing). The land is acid, no limestone but >>something which looks like what we call "grès" in French perhaps >>sandstone. >> >>- N°1 & 2 : cyclophorus (104 Ko) >>http://www.bankowsky.com/sv/cyclo.jpg >> >>- N°3 : hemiplecta (84 Ko) >>http://www.bankowsky.com/sv/hemi.jpg >> >>- N°4 : faunus and 5 to 7 : ??? (148 Ko) >>http://www.bankowsky.com/sv/faun.jpg >> >>- N° 8 to 16 : amphidromus (248 Ko) >>http://www.bankowsky.com/sv/amphi1.jpg >> >>- N° 17 to 19 : amphidromus (172 Ko) >>http://www.bankowsky.com/sv/amphi2.jpg >> >>Thank you in advance ! >> >>Sophie > >_________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.