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64 <br />SPECIAL REPORT ON GASTROPODS AT TRAVERTINE SPRINGS. <br />J. Jerry Landye. <br />Final inspection of Travertine Springs after the completion of the new water <br />system for Furnace Creek, Death Valley, California revealed that the two <br />endemic freshwater gastropods were alive and well. Populations of the <br />undescribed genus, new species of hydrobiid snail and Assi_ mines n. sp. <br />were in excellent condition and far exceeded. the minimum expectations of <br />the planning and construction phases of the operation. The outlook is <br />excellent for maintaining these two species of snails even though their <br />habitats have been reduced in size. This was a good example of preconstruction <br />plannino to prevent the loss of gastropod and other invertebrate populations. <br />Stratton Bros, the construction company and National Park Service personnel <br />are to be congratulated on a job well done. <br />J. .Terry Landye <br />Plovember 17, 1978 <br />Read in the Death Valley <br />area report.