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Land Snails of the Blue Ridge Parkway

Land Snails of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Wayne and Amy Van Devender. Deroceras . Small, breathing pore in back of small mantle. Limax. Huge, spotted with breathing pore in back of small mantle. Lehmannia . Medium, striped with breathing pore in back of small mantle.

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Land Snails of the Blue Ridge Parkway

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  1. Land Snails of the Blue Ridge Parkway Wayne and Amy Van Devender

  2. Deroceras. Small, breathing pore in back of small mantle Limax. Huge, spotted with breathing pore in back of small mantle Lehmannia. Medium, striped with breathing pore in back of small mantle Slugs of North Carolina Arion. Small to medium, breathing pore in front of small mantle Pallifera. Small and dark with mantle covering most of body Philomycus. Large and mottled with mantle covering most of body Megapallifera. Large with lateral strip and mottling and with mantle covering most of body

  3. Glyphyalinia. Small to modest with incised transverse lines Discus. Small, ribbed, unicolor, large umbilicus Anguispira. Medium sized, ribbed, with color blotches and large umbilicus Haplotrema. Medium sized, pale unicolor, huge umbilicus Larger snails with simple lips Vitrinizonites. Small to medium, very fewrapidly increasing whorls Novisuccinea. Small, tall, translucent unicolor Mesomphix. Medium to large, smooth and shiny shell, with few rapidly increasing whorls Ventridens. Small to medium, smooth and shiny shell, with many tightly spaced whorls

  4. Appalachina. Medium with large umbilicus and no basal tooth Mesodon. Large with or without open umbilicus and parietal tooth, relatively tall Triodopsis. Medium with large umbilicus and three teeth Neohelix. Large with closed umbilicus with or without parietal tooth, relatively flat Allogona. Large with large umbilicus and knobby basal tooth Larger snails with reflected lips Xolotrema. Moderate with closed umbilicus, parietal, blade-like basal, and palatal teeth present Stenotrema. Small with slit-like aperture with blade-like parietal, hairy Patera. Moderate with closed umbilicus, parietal and blade-like basal tooth present Euchemotrema. Small with or without open umbilicus parietal tooth blade-like, hairy Inflectarius. Small to moderate with closed umbilicus and three teeth, hairy Fumonelix. Small to moderate with closed umbilicus, may have parietal tooth

  5. Small snails with unusual shapes Vallonia Gastrodonta Hendersonia Pilsbryna Pupoides Zonitoides Strobilops Striatura Lucilla Helicodiscus

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