living nautilus

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subject: nautilus

Dear colleagues
Here in the aquarium of the Geological Reserve of Haute Provence (Digne les
Bains, France) we have work on the topic of aquaria (20.000 M3) connected
with fossils and paleoenvironments
So we have  several  living and fossils animals presented (5 limulas for
exemple, corals, sepia,etc..)
and we get some three Nautilus in a 8 cubic meters tank.
Two come from Bali (N. pompilius) and one from New Caledonia (N.
macromphalus) ; the two species are clearly distincts.
But one can see others in several aquaria in france :
Oceanopolis (Brest),
Tropical Aquarium of Nancy,
African and Oceanian Arts Museum of Paris,
Oceanographical Museum of Monaco and many others.

Jean-Simon Pages


Adress
JS Pages
Curator of the aquarium
Reserve Geologique de Haute Provence
BP 156
F - 04005 Digne les Bains Cedex
France
Tel 33 04 92 36 70 72
Fax 33 04 92 36 70 71
e-mail: resgeol@calvanet.clvacom.fr

GUY MARTINI