Dear Fred and all Aldus has also supplied me with many specimens since I met him when in Madagascar in 1998. I correspond irregularly via email, but unfortunately nothing has been getting out with the current political situation for more than 6 months Geoff >From: fred hinkle <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Tropidophora from Madagascar >Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 12:08:05 -0500 > >Dear Simon et al, > Since this is probably of interest to many of us I am posting it to all. > My wife being from Madagascar, I frequent there almost every other year >for >the past 30. Not always in search of shells as her family visits are more >important! (Boo, Hiss?) > Some years ago I met the person that exports most if not all of the land >snails. He is at e-mail [log in to unmask] > His first name is Aldus and his prices are extremely fair as he must >travel >that huge island to obtain his stock. Also since the recent political >troubles this my no longer be valid but he had a web sit. >HTTP://TAKALAKA.DTS.MG/PHYLUM > All of his ID's are from a French language book by Fischer-Piette. (My no >longer be in print.) It contained all the Madagascar land snails at the >time >of print inculding one that Abbott claimed was extinct. I have these live >collected with operc as does Aldus. Rare but living! > Send your JPEG's to [log in to unmask] as I have a box in my collection >that >measures 23x23x6 cm full of the species from Madagascar. > >Fred > > Nobody is farther from salt water that I. Alas! >[log in to unmask] > > >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.404 / Virus Database: 228 - Release Date: 10/15/2002 _________________________________________________________________ Surf the Web without missing calls! Get MSN Broadband. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/freeactivation.asp