Patty I remember somewhere hearing that it is a protected species but not sure if this is Mexico or US Geoff >From: Patty Jansen <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Patella mexicana >Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 00:29:09 +1100 > >Dear All, > >Still looking at limpets. I have asked a few dealers if they have any >specimens of Patella mexicana, the only true Patellid on the American >continent. All responses were negative. I then typed the name into >Google.com, and came up with some strange information. One site >http://www.rbt.ucr.ac.cr/revistas/48-3/esqueda.html suggests that it is >common in places in Cuastecomate Bay (I presume this is in Costa Rica?), >but another site http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/people/wbs/limptab.html seems >to suggest it is extinct, or at least in the Gulf of California. > >Does anyone know more about this species and it's distribution, past or >present? Has anyone collected it alive? Does anyone have any shells? > >regards > >Patty > > >Dr. Patty Jansen > >Bookshop: http://www.booksofnature.com >Publishing and info site: http://www.capricornica.com > >Books of Nature >P.O. Box 345 >Lindfield NSW 2070 >Australia > >phone/fax: 02 9415 8098 international: +61 2 9415 8098 > >E-mail: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx