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[mauro]

Caronia tritonis variegata is protected by international Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern, 19.IX.1979).
You can find it at: <a href="http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/EN/Treaties/Html/104.htm" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/EN/Treaties/Html/104.htm">http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/EN/Tr ... ml/104.htm</a><!-- m --></a>
The protectet mollusca are very few:
Patella ferruginea Gmelin, 1791
Gibbula nivosa A.Adams, 1851
Dendropoma petraeum (Monterosato,1884)
Erosaria spurca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Luria lurida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Schilderia achatidea (Gray in G.B. Sowerby II, 1837)
Zonaria pyrum (Gmelin, 1791)
Tonna galea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ranella olearia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Charonia lampas (Linnaeus, 1758)
Charonia tritonis variegata (Lamarck, 1816)
Mitra zonata Marryat, 1818
Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758
Microcondylaea compressa Menke, 1828
Unio elongatus C.Pfeiffer, 1825
Pholas dactylus Linnaeus, 1758
In Italy sometime pecuniary penalties are inflict for collection of these species, I dont know if there is control in Greece.
Nevertheless many of these species are common.  <span class="petit">--Last edited by mauro on 2008-11-30 21:19:06 --</span>