Hermione Wrote:
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> cladking Wrote:
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> > The above returned no hits on google.
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> It appears that the search wasn't properly
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> > Does anyone know what species of snails were
> found
> > that was so prolific on the west side of G2?
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> [www.jstor.org]
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38 A very curious feature of this sand is
> the presence of many small snail shells. These
> snail shells were ubiquitous throughout the clean
> sand fill. For example, field notes from unit C3,
> at the back of Gallery 58, describe the retrieval
> of a "double handful [of snails], 100 plus
> specimens" from the sand fill. The snail shells
> must indicate wetter conditions than at present
> across Area C, or a cycle of wetter periods, when
> the snails could proliferate, and drier periods
> when the snails died and their shells were trapped
> in the accumulating sand. We plan to have our
> samples of snail shells analyzed ...

How popular were these snails for eating and I wonder which type they were?

[en.wikipedia.org]

There are some snails specifically adapted to desert conditions but found mainly in modern times in the Negev and Sinai.
Sphincterochila boissieri