---------- > Date: Dienstag, 31. März 1998 18:32:26 > From: helmut nisters > To: CONCH-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU > Subject: AW: Pleurotomaria westralis > > > ---------- > > > > from > > Helmut Nisters > > www.helix@ibk.netwing.at > > > > Dear Paul Monfils, Innsbruck, 31. 03. = > 1998 > > > > thank you best for this beautiful and quite large specimen of > > Pleurotomaria westralis. The shell arrived me today in best > > condition as she was packed very well. > > During May and June there will be an exhibition in Innsbruck on the > > occasion of 175 years Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck title= > d:=3D > > "collection-avidity" and we are glad andproud to present this shell = > at =3D > > the exhibition. On this exhibition you can see > > all important objects of the museum from history, culture and > > natural science. > > Pleurotomaria is a new shell for the natural history department > > of the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum. > > I want to tell something about the museums collection, It contains > > mostly land- and freshwater-shells from Europe and Mediterranean > > species and a few "exotic" species. My mother, Dr. Irmgard > > Nisters, 86 years, former lawyer, and I, 44 years. former chemist, > > we both are working on this collection as honorary collaborators > > of the zoological department of the museum in Innsbruck sinde 1972. The= > =3D > > collection is a small one (about 2500 species), but > > quite nice and well sistemated by us. In 1985 the shell collection > > has been damaged in parts by a flood desaster (when she was > > at another place). Since that time we had to revise this collection > > from beginning, had to wash all the specimens and to order in > > new plastic boxes. We had to rebuild the collection with new > > shells from own excursions and with some donations of friends, > > private collectors and scientists. As the centre of the museums > > collections are European species I got much help from Italy

> > in form of Mediterranean sea-shells and inland-molluscs. > > Since 1992 we have now a new place far away from the river. > > which caused the flood desaster, together with the other natural > > history collections of the museum, on the 3rd floor. The collections > > for the moment are not accessible fot the public, but they are > > very good for studying the nature. But anybody, who likes to > > visit the collections, is wellcomed. > > As I want to enlarge the shell collection of the museum, I am dare > > to ask new friends, scientists, privat-collectors and dealers for some = > =3D > > donation to the museum of Innsbruck. I am interested into all species, = > =3D > > what they can offer me, as well as European species > > as "exotic" species worldwide to complete the collection. If > > you have some shells for the museum again, please let me know. > > I would be thankful and glad for any species, you can offer me. > > Otherwise it is very difficult for us to obtain material, as we are > > honorary collaborators without payment for our work and I am not > > able to make a lot of exchanges, as I don't like to burd the museums > > collection. I hope you are again willing to send me some material. > > Each shell is very wellcomed, as I hope from common ones to > > rarer ones and as I told not important gem, but of sound quality. > > We will your name as promised into the annual report (year-book) > > of the Tiroler Landesmuseum the next one coming out in > > 1999.. > > For today I will remain with my best regards, also by mother. > > yours Helmut > > > > always the same adress > > >