Land Snails of the Blue Ridge Parkway Wayne

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 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 Megapallifera. Large with lateral strip and mottling and with mantle covering most of body Philomycus. Large and mottled with mantle covering most of body

Discus. Small, ribbed, unicolor, large umbilicus Glyphyalinia. Small to modest with incised transverse lines 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 few rapidly increasing whorls Novisuccinea. Small, 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

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

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