On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:15:44 -0500, [log in to unmask] wrote: >Allan, > >Check out the following publication: >Orstan, Aydin. 1999. Drill Holes in land snail shells from western Turkey. >Schriften zur Malakolozoologie aus dem Haus der Natur ? Cismar 13: 31-36. > >> About one third of the shells of Sphincterochila fimbriata which I >> examined on a hillside above the Sea of Galilee just south of Tiberius, >> Israel had miniscule boreholes, ....What can bore such tiny holes, and why? > >Regards, >Charlie >................................................. >Research Associate - Section of Mollusks >Carnegie Museum of Natural History >Pittsburgh, PA, USA > >Assistant Professor - Family Medicine > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >[log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs >To leave this list, click on the following web link: >http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1 >Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and >click leave the list. >---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear All, The phenomenon is also pretty weel described in Francisco Welter-Schultes publication and study on East Cretan ( Greece) Clausillidae. Sorry, I don't have exact references on hand. Charles ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs To leave this list, click on the following web link: http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1 Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and click leave the list. ----------------------------------------------------------------------