Cannot produce a researched statistic, but my understanding is that recent mollusc extinctions are in the order of several hundred (400?) - mainly land and freshwater Geoff Macaulay >From: [log in to unmask] >Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Extinctions >Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 22:57:20 -0500 > > Like you, I have heard, periodicly, about how many creatures become >extinct every year---due to loss of habitat, polution, mad cow dung, and a >few etc's. > My question is: Dating from the 1800's, have any mollusks become >extinct? And does anyone have the last of them? > Other question: Species from the pliestocene are close but different. >Did the Pleistocene species become extinct---or merely change as time went >on? > Your devoted Question Man > >PLEASE NOTE: My new, long-term, and correct email address is: >[log in to unmask] Please update your records! _________________________________________________________________ E-mail just got a whole lot better. New ninemsn Premium. Click here http://ninemsn.com.au/premium/landing.asp