Dear fellow Conch-lers, Thank you very much Andrew for your good information. Siphonaridae is also very common to Philippines but this size first time and I discover the area and not much. Normal size that we have is averaging 30mm. Best Regards, Tony Antonio S. dela Cruz l4 Esperanza st., Tinajeros, Malabon City, Philippines l404 TEL/FAX (632) 288 3993 Website: http://www.tonyshells.bravepages.com >From: Andrew Grebneff <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Giant Siphonariidae >Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 22:12:56 +1300 > >> I just arrived from Sourthern Palawan collecting seashells, first >>time >>in the Philippines I found this size of Siphonariidae 3 inches or 75mm >>quite >>big size, in the Philippines this is the biggest, I don't know to other >>country. anybody knows bigger to this. > >Are these common? > >New Zealand has a large siphonariid, locally common. It is Benhamina >obliquata (Sowerby 1825), originally described as a Siphonaria... and >I am unsure whether Benhamina should be synonymized. > >Anyway, it "officially" reaches 65mm, and I am sure that 75mm is >attained occasionally. >-- >Andrew Grebneff >Dunedin, New Zealand >64 (3) 473-8863 ><[log in to unmask]> >Fossil preparator >Seashell, Macintosh & VW/Toyota van nut >________________________________ >I want your sinistral gastropods! >________________________________ >Opinions in this e-mail are my own, not those of my institution >_______________________________________________ >Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >A: Why is top posting frowned upon? _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus