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Cerion
01-23-2009, 06:44 PM,
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Dera friends,
I colleted this two land snails near Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. I think both are genus Cerion, but it seems to be two diferents species. Could you help me to ID please?
Thanks in advance.
Rafa.
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01-23-2009, 06:58 PM,
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They are both Cerion and both immature, which makes ID just about impossible except for a specialist.  These can be difficult to ID even when fully mature. There are hundreds of described names of Cerion, all from the Caribbean area.  Some experts say there are over a hundred species.  Others claim that they are all just geographic forms of a dozen or so species.  I could list a number of species that these are NOT, but that would still leave many possibilities for what they actually are.  <span class="petit">--Last edited by Paul Monfils on 2009-01-23 22:35:36 --</span>
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