Steve, The shell of Tiphobia horei is infrequently seen on lists for around US$25, often collected by fishermen (?in nets??)from Lake Tanganiyka. Never seen a live one though. Geoff >From: TurtleSteve <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: info. on african freshwater snail? >Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 16:24:26 -0500 > >I've found some very limited info. on a very interesting african >freshwater speices (tiphorbia horei) from lake tanganyika, africa. does >anyone here know of these or have any info. whatsoever on them? > >According to one site i found they are more closely related to marine >species than other freshwater snails & unlike most freshwater species >they have spines and a siphonal canal. I keep aquariums with more >common freshwater snails but unfortunately don't think i could ever get >any of these as even web information on them is almost nonexistant. > >If you're curious here's the one photo and a little info. i was able to >find: > >http://members.aol.com/Mkohl2/Afropleuros.html >-- >Steve >-- _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp