feb 2007
A quick update
10-02-2007 17:37
More than a month
passed since my last posting, as my "normal" work
nearly prevented me from doing anything at all on
snails. First priorities first... Still, some
malacological work could be done.
First of all I dissected the material of Simpulopsis dominicensis. It's annoying to experience how difficult dissecting a snail can be, especially if it is rather small like this one. (Relatively speaking.... my friend Edi Gittenberger would consider this a rather big one, but as it is his "normal" work he is much more experienced in it). When I had carefully laid out the genitalia I became very doubtful about the identification. Frankly, I don't know yet, but probably this taxon belongs to the family Sagdidae.
The DNA-story slowly continues... Let's say, at snail pace :-) New material has been sent to Hamburg and some discussions over previous results. If further results corroborate the analyses, the family is probably paraphyletic.
New material has been promised by several collegues and contacts abroad. Maybe some interesting times are ahead...
First of all I dissected the material of Simpulopsis dominicensis. It's annoying to experience how difficult dissecting a snail can be, especially if it is rather small like this one. (Relatively speaking.... my friend Edi Gittenberger would consider this a rather big one, but as it is his "normal" work he is much more experienced in it). When I had carefully laid out the genitalia I became very doubtful about the identification. Frankly, I don't know yet, but probably this taxon belongs to the family Sagdidae.
The DNA-story slowly continues... Let's say, at snail pace :-) New material has been sent to Hamburg and some discussions over previous results. If further results corroborate the analyses, the family is probably paraphyletic.
New material has been promised by several collegues and contacts abroad. Maybe some interesting times are ahead...