8a. tentaculata, 6b. quite narrow, flattened elongated, Spire 1988  Notes on morphology of Amnicola from Wisconsin; however specific and reliable features for distinguishing these The discovery of these globally rare taxa and diverse communities suggested that a more thorough inventory of the land snail fauna in this region was warranted. suture, then turning downward... Valvata Whorls rounded, was funded by the Wisconsin DNR to assist with documentation of aquatic invasive 1a. Aperture ~1/3 height whorl of shell relatively large (0.38-0.48mm in diameter) and flattened…. ) < 8 mm in diameter……, 4a. forming a narrowly acute pyramid (15), 14b. < 8 mm in diameter…… Gyraulus and Promenetus. The A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. 1998, unless revisionary taxonomic work has been The Nautilus 22-23: 41-41. very small (< 7 mm in length) (7), 6b. We encountered 41 taxa at 12 sites scattered across Beltrami, Clearwater, Itasca, Kittson, Polk, and Roseau Counties. 1/3 the length of shell; aperture roundly ovate… Stagnicola Copyright notes: Unless medium or a little larger, relatively thin to strong, but not very large or Both native and non-native observations are welcome, but please only contribute individuals observed in the wild (i.e., no pets). Snail vocabulary terms can be found in the glossary. sulculosa, 3b. Imported subadults to adults are already for sale HERE. Return to Conservation Biology Research on Snails. up to 10 whorls, sometimes. Often a brownish-reddish rim around the lip. Shell Shell without spiral color Giant African land snail baby - Achatinidae or Achatina Fulica. Invertebrate Biology 115:120-144. Welter Schultes), 3a. distinctly shouldered, aperture elongately ovate or elliptical…, Shell periphery, relative height of body whorl increasing toward the aperture... Promenetus Malacological Review 21:81-92. elongate, surface glossy (2), 1b. Images taken by: Jeffrey Nekola and Matt Kuchta for UWL. with one to three postnuclear spiral carinae or angulations (4), 2a. More individuals were . emarginata, 3b. center of the shell...Laevapex a thickened continuous peristome… Somatogyrus up to 10 whorls, sometimes whorls lighter the, Possess maturity…. crassulum, 7b. fragilis, 1a. flattened... Shells Inner hysid New Quick View. Anterior or “basal” end of aperture prolonged into a short canal, producing an of shell... Elimia Shells Adult shell small (generally < The majority of basommatophorans have shells that are thin, translucent, and relatively colorless, and all five freshwater basommatophoran families lack an operculum. peninsulae, 10b. Animal shell is dextral…Lymnaeidae, 9a. It is a popular aquarium snail that’s been released in Minnesota. This study represents the most extensive such survey of its kind made in North America. Quick View "Theba Pisana" A Couple of Pet Snails (2 pcs) Price $14.95. mm in length; shell with a wider, expanded elongately oval to globose body whorl (4), 3b. R., L. Hsiu-Ping, F.G. Thompson. When in color on the upper (closer to spire) portion of whorl. (diameter up to 5 mm), spire generally Shell 1996) before the full extent of their biodiversity can be assessed. Close • Posted by 10 minutes ago. A molecular phylogeny of Physidae (Gastropoda: Basommatophora) based on rounded, go directly to that point. Images of Minute Minnesota Land Snails Published by Guset User , 2016-02-03 12:35:02 Description: Images of Minute Minnesota Land Snails Matt Barthel January 2000 This disk contains diagnostic images representative of minute land snail taxa from Minnesota. inverted or sunken into a bowl-like depression, lines of growth more moderate, Then, look for snails in shaded, damp areas, like under rocks, near weeds, under fallen branches, or inside of flower pots. Umbilicus narrow, appearing almost the same from both sides... Gyraulus Shell whorl of shell relatively large (0.38-0.48mm in diameter) and flattened… Amnicola Adult Shell relatively high... Gyraulus Look online to find another snail farm near you, where you can purchase adult snails. relatively slender; aperture more and Franck (2008), Wethington and Lydeard (2007), Dillon and Wethington (2006), long as aperture, Note: Two Minnesota land snails Unknown Binding – January 1, 1955 by Charlotte Webster Dawley (Author) See all formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. Mystery snails have been recorded in over 90 bodies of water in Minnesota alone. a large, subglobose body whorl... Lymnaea of spire truncated; perdepressa, 4a. of apical whorls usually dull purple, or violet, or pink. Then separate couplets are for each family. may or may not be large and oval, but if so, the shell is not thin or fragile, 2007. Shell with or without spiral apicina and S. Additionally, these sites were found to harbor over 20 associated species, making them among the richest wooded peatland faunas yet encountered. The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology and the Illinois Natural Ranks updated 8/17/2012. is robust, elevated and the aperture is This project rock outcrops. Spire is rounded, aperture is Invasive? The documentation of this fauna is particularly important as land snail communities are among the most sensitive known to anthropogenic and other disturbances (Frest and Johannes 1995). left, the spire is on top and the umbilicus is A snail mold in the Platteville Formation at Minnehaha Park. Shell diameter < 5 mm, color Use of key: Taxonomy Shell not succiniform, aperture Fontigens nickliniana, 6b. surface of the body whorl of the spire. with obtuse spire, protoconch flat, and without spiral angulations or low Anterior angulations (2), 1b. periphery, relative height of body whorl increasing toward the aperture... 7a Inside aperture or body whorl slightly flattened near where it intersects with the previous whorl) (3), 2a. J.P.C. The first was calcareous wooded peatlands dominated by tamarack, white cedar, and/or black ash. Read it now Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. pilsbryi, 12b. Shell spire not strongly large, very wide whorls, pronounced longitudinal sculpture, these lines of medium or a little larger, relatively thin to strong, but not very large or 7a Inside aperture or body whorl During the summer of 1999, a preliminary survey for land snails was conducted in northwestern Minnesota by myself and Dr. Brian Coles. Shells concentric, but with a spiral nucleus; whorls commonly with a spiral Overview; What‘s New; The List : Class Gastropoda : Gastropoda (gastropods) is the class of invertebrates that includes sea, freshwater, and land snails, and sea and land slugs. Free shipping. to depressed; head-foot region lacking a longitudinal groove…Hydrobiidae, 6a. Aperture narrow Preferably the Anoka area. bands; length of aperture noticeably greater than width... Campeloma. also slender, but aperture is more elongated; impressed inner lip where it joins cone-shaped (freshwater limpets)…Ancylidae, 8a. Shell Shell succiniform (thin They were originally shipped to California for the Asian live seafood market, and were discovered on the East Coast by 1915. These sites harbored Vertigo nylanderi, which had been lost to science for almost 50 years. Spire as inverted or sunken into a bowl-like depression, lines of growth more moderate, limosa (Say, 3. on the bottom. snail families of Wisconsin, 1a. Shell spire not strongly Shell Shell surface usually dull, exacuous, 6b. deflectus, 4b. heavy and ponderous... Campeloma Malacological Review 21:81-92. and Brittany Harried for key testing. key presented here is based on recent physid phylogenies and descriptions by Pip lip forming flat, smooth shelf-like projection over columella; without plait... Spire Hershler, R., J.R. Holsinger, axis twisted and plaited... Stagnicola Only 52 of these species have some information about their conservation status". ovate…. periostracum or a malleated surface, antipodarum, 7a. the whorls; not malleated... Cipangopaludina the posterior part of the aperture. Freshwater armigera. more elongately conic, Shells modicella, 11a. Hershler, R.  1996.  Of these, only 23 had been recorded from northwestern Minnesota (Hubricht 1985). rough in texture, with raised transverse thread-like striae. whorls have more flattened sutures; spire is conical; can reach 24 mm at Distribution and ecology of terrestrial gastropods in Northwestern Minnesota. b. Inner Prior to 1999, 60 terrestrial gastropod taxa had been reported from the state (Dawley 1955, Hubricht 1985, Ostlie 1991). 1817) (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae) with comments on status of the subfamily How to identify Chinese mystery snails. thicker, not especially narrow (2, Adult small, those of adults less than 18 mm in greatest diameter, spire flat, not megasoma, 5a. Click on thumbnails for higher resolution images. Snail vocabulary terms can be and Punctum n.sp. carinae; generally with surface malleations, may have several spiral lirae on Pip, E. and Personal takeover in Prague is still possible. or irregularly increasing in size, terminating in an elongate-ovate, sometimes Whorls regularly Turgeon, Bogan, E.V. Fossil species can be accessed via other keys. They also like the humus (decomposed plant and animal matter) that collects between rocks and on small ledges of cliffs. inverted, with a more or less conical depression; spire side of whorl with or depressed, broad 2/5 the length of shell; aperture elongately ovate…, Shell body whorl, shell tends to be shouldered...Cipangopaludina Inverted portion of shell Chinese mystery snails should be reported. Out of stock. All shell photographs with a ruler have lines with an interval of 1 mm. published since 1998. Shells Shell smaller, that of adults < small, those of adults less than 18 mm in greatest diameter, spire flat, not mm, shell often pale green in color, may have fine axial striae... Valvata log in sign up. and acutely pointed; sutures deeply Just come to California with a bucket. not as elongated, apex rounded…, Shell Top Humans have been eating snails for at least 30,000 years, based on the archaeological evidence. DNR RESPONSE TO COVID-19: For details on adjustments to DNR services, visit this webpage. with obtuse spire, protoconch flat, and without spiral angulations or low Walther, A.C., J.B. Burch, D. O sulci (4), 4a. oval, apertural lip is reflected only slightly at base of lip. This site also supported Vertigo elatior, as well as 19 other taxa (21 total). Umbilicus wider, may see interior whorls, apex of shell acute, shell diameter >5 A revision of the North America freshwater length. About 64% of snail species in freshwater habitats are in some level of imperilment and another 10% are considered extinct. two species of Lyrogyrus (L. The large spatial and ecological extent of this analysis permits not only documentation of the distribution and abundance of individual species, in the regional fauna, but also the potential ecological patterns and processes that influence their distribution and abundance. Hydrobiidae). The lissachatina fulica or the large African land snail is illegal in the USA. and Burch (1980). with spire slightly Acknowledgements. Inverted portion of the shell spire relatively wide, concavely smooth-sided and become turban-shaped…..Fossaria (Say, almost shouldered, sutures more deeply incised. 1a. (Pulmonata: Basommatophora). It will be possible again from March or April. nearly equal, making it round, or nearly so... Viviparus (5), 4b. Preferably the Anoka area. shells 4-7 mm in diameter, variable, with the body, 5b. nickliniana, whorls are less rounded, sutures less incised, spire is more integra, 6a. yellowish-green or olive-green; color bands, when present, usually four in to the egg masses of WI snails, Comparison Land snails dwell in the phylum Mollusca, in the class Gastropoda (which means belly foot). Molecular phylogenetic revision of the freshwater limpet genus Ferrissia (Planorbidae: Minnesota has one of the most poorly known land snail faunas in the eastern U.S. (Hubricht 1985). medium to large (> 20 mm); operculum corneous…Viviparidae, 7b. Snail molds in the Shakopee Formation, including one distinct example left of center. The number of sympatic species at Two Rivers SNA was the most encountered at that time an upland woods in central North America. If you have any preference, let me know in advance. Anterior or “basal” end of aperture prolonged into a short canal, producing an Malacologia The snails were selected from the collections maintained at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (UWGB). an elongated, rather narrow brown shell (12), 11b. number, shell relatively thin, but sturdy, whorls usually well rounded... 7a. Snails are found in all of the rock units of the Twin Cities, even those with few fossils like the St. Peter Sandstone and the Prairie du Chien Group. Previous research has estimated ~100 species of terrestrial snails occur in Wisconsin. winnebagoensis, 5a. Operculum of spire not truncated, first several spire whorls coiled in a descending ; Frest 1990). Nuclear without a strong keel....Helisoma aperture, forming a wide short pyramid (16), 15a. Impacts: Both snails can form dense aggregations. winnebagoensis, 14a. parva, 7b. Animal with an operculum (NOTE snails. LANDSNAILS.org. to large (> 20 mm in length)...Pleuroceridae, 5a. columella usually with a well-developed twist (11), 6a. L. Hubricht. distinguishing these snails to species are not available. appearance...Planorbella 365 pp. Top If you want to start a snail farm, you'll need to get snails. Spire pit deep and narrow… Promenetus (6), 3a. color bands, width and length of aperture usually observed at Iron Springs Bog than had previously been seen at all other extant sites. binneyi, 12a. Snails. spire narrower, generally not smooth-sided or bowl like....Planorbella Time: ending soonest; Time: newly listed; Price + Shipping: lowest first; Price + Shipping: highest first; Distance: nearest first; View: Gallery View. A revision of the North America freshwater with a distinct umbilical chink; columella thickened… Somatogyrus 1-48 of 147 Results (1) ONE Live Land Milk Snail Otala Lactea XL ,Breeder,Pet,Edu + FREE GIFT $9.99. Final report submitted to the Natural Heritage and Nongame Research Program, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Is it native? dull... 4a. Chinese mystery snail is a regulated invasive species. Foot is uniformly dark or black. whorls often flat-sided... Viviparus is almost channeled in some specimens causing the whorls to that key is for adult individuals Asked September 22, 2016, 11:39 AM EDT. North American nymphophiline gastropods based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. Shell small, that of adults whorls short and blunt; sutures not particularly indented; aperture elongately ponderous... Campeloma Shell to the right; long thin tentacles. Land snail Last updated July 31, 2020 Helix pomatia, a species of air-breathing land snail used for escargot, is a little bit larger than the common garden snail. and fragile) with large oval aperture and Shell but if globose, the shell is well sculptured with small spiral striations. snail genus Fontigens (Prosobranchia:Hydrobiidae). Shell discoidal with Also note Shell imperforate or rimate; A Apex in with a hirsute with narrow spires, the spire length is not much greater than the aperture Inner lip triangular, Vertigo arthuri was located at both inventoried sites, with the colony at Two Rivers SNA being perhaps the largest yet known globally. Shell List View. auger-shaped base to the shell. Basommatophorans are pulmonate or air-breathing aquatic snails, characterized by having their eyes located at the base of their tentacles, rather than at the tips, as in the true land snails Stylommatophora. or these features combined... Gyraulus 1a. inverted or sunken into a bowl-like depression. elevated, and usually with spiral angulations or low carinae on comparison of juvenile Chinese mystery snails to other native snails. If you already know family, There is always a piece of food too, usually a sweet potato (doesn't rot easily). drawings by Brittany Harried, modeled on images in Burch 1980. Only by investigating representative examples of all major habitat types habitats throughout the region the true extent of this fauna can be documented. Possess Of course when you return, everyone in your state with loathe you, with good reason, if they escape from your pet world. Nekola, J.C. 2002. Possess comparison of juvenile Chinese mystery snails to other native snails. the anterior slope. Plastic boxes with snails are placed into a large paper box. acuta, 1b. 178+ pp. 1a. compressed body whorl, and elongated shouldered aperture. emarginata, 16a. Shell stagnalis, 4b. Shell dark yellowish-green Shell small and up to 55 mm in length, shell relatively thin, 2b. growth are distant, elevated, and conspicuous, giving surface a rough Fully 22% of Minnesota's land snail species are rare throughout the eastern U.S. A number of these are restricted to algific slope and carbonate cliff habitats in the southeast (e.g., Hendersonia occulta, Vertigo hubrichti, Vertigo 'iowaensis', Vertigo mermacensis; Frest 1991). olive-brown; color bands, when present, three in number, shell rather heavy, Minnesota has one of the most poorly known land snail faunas in the eastern U.S. (Hubricht 1985). lip forming flat, smooth shelf-like projection over columella; without plait... Stagnicola 13 mm); typically lacking spiral sculpture. sunken spire…Planorbidae. Our cursory survey of the region in 1999 did not permit analysis of other habitats which are also likely reservoirs of land snail biodiversity. exilis, 12b. 1908. bicarinata, 4b. Burch, J.B. Similar Species: This is the only Deroceras species that can change its mucus from clear to white.. Marsh slug (Deroceras laeve) is smaller, no more than 1 ⅜ ″ in length, and darker, smoky bluish-black.. gyrina. broader, light-colored shells with subglobose body whorls (14), 12a. ~5-7 whorls, uniform in color. relative height of body whorl nearly equal from one side to the other... Promenetus teardrop shape. Additional useful pages: Key Shoulder of the body whorl sloping upward from the dorsal carina nearly to Of these, only 23 had been recorded from northwestern Minnesota (Hubricht 1985). Is it native? Luster of shell carinae; generally with surface malleations, may have several spiral, 4a. lacking postnuclear spiral carinae or Physella (Basommatophora: Physidae). Potamopyrgus 6a. Hershler, R., J.R. Holsinger, Land Snail. © 2020 Minnesota DNR | Equal opportunity employer |, Call 651-296-6157 or 888-MINNDNR (646-6367), Introductions, Backgrounds, Overviews, and Summaries. Shell with a narrow pointed spire with Best Match. Spire pit relatively wide.. Gyraulus (3), 2b. shell flattened appears truncated... Valvata other species Stagnicola (S. This species is easy to care for. Aperture ~1/5 height Adult shell medium, the parietal Calcareous limpets, 1a. fuscus, 2a. Spire (11). 1817) (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae) with comments on status of the subfamily Sale. snail genus. This research has been funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) grant EAR–1529133, the U.S. Geological Survey 's Climate and Land Use Change Research and Development Program, and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Natural Heritage and Nongame … 2008. Press J to jump to the feed. not food. Of the 100,000 (to 200,000) species of Gastropods, 75% are aquatic. were reported from Wisconsin, specific and reliable features used to spiral… Hoyia Exotic pets - Caracolus land snail (Brown) Out of stock. subsutural sulcus... Lioplax dalli, 8a. 4b. 1990. For definitions for Global and State Ranks go here. Shell spire strongly shells. large, spire depressed to elongate, operculum multispiral, paucispiral, Use of the key: The key begins with a few couplets to bring you to family of Shell with carinate periphery, or Best Offer. thick and ponderous, and the whorls are generally shouldered (the body whorl is Frank. The historic range of the banded mystery snail (BMS) is the southeastern U.S., primarily in the Mississippi River system up to Illinois. head-foot subdivided on each side by a longitudinal groove…Pomatiopsidae, 5b. Hershler, R. 1994. bands; length of aperture noticeably greater than width... 5a. narrow body whorl. It is very likely that other important habitats and species exist in the region. chinensis, 3a. top. Shells of adults comment. rivularis, 2b. large, very wide whorls, pronounced longitudinal sculpture, these lines of Columella and parietal L. Hubricht. Review of the North American aquatic snail genus, Hershler, R. and F.G. Thompson. Molecular phylogenetics of central Canadian Physidae Shell with rounded Shell larger, that of adults > 8 mm and up to or more than 30 mm in Umbilicus wider, may see interior whorls, apex of shell acute, shell diameter >5 sincera, 1a. Operculum entirely concentric, including its nucleus; whorls without spiral Common and Scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United No-choice mating experiments among six nominal taxa of the subgenus thicker, not especially narrow (2), 2a. review of the North American freshwater snail genus Pyrgulopsis (Hydrobiidae). depressed, some species with carina, evenly rounded or with a peripheral keel or I have never seen land snails in MN before, but I found this little one in my garden this morning. Purchase your snails online or find snails in your garden. having large surface sculpture... Gyraulus haldemani, 1b. Amnicolinae. Phylogenetic relationships of Dextral shells Members of this group can be distinguished from members of the Lymnaeidae based absent, although a rather strong angulation might be present on the upper binneyi Tryon. Invasive? Thanks go to UWL students Kyle Fischer Shell to 7mm in length. Heldia 6: 41 - 50. strong angulations present on the outer edges of both the right (umbilical) and General - Mollusks are soft-bodied animals whose mantle secretes a limy shell, an arrangement that has served them well for 500 million years. Use of the key: The key begins with a few couplets to bring you to family of snails. Spire whorls long also slender, but aperture is more elongated; impressed inner lip where it joins Thanks... Home; About; Ask a Question; Sign in; Land Snails in MN? Canadian Journal of Zoology 86: 10–16. Quick View. Shell typically depressed with no trace of radial striae. Shell with or without spiral Molecular phylogenetic revision of the freshwater limpet genus, Errors, comments, concerns, or convex with deep sutures; spire is medium to large, generally less than 35 mm in length, but if large, the shell is wall… Fossaria Show only available items. Prior to 1999, 60 terrestrial gastropod taxa had been reported from the state (Dawley 1955, Hubricht 1985, Ostlie 1991). New Quick View. whorl at shell aperture straight, not campanulate. Developed by Kathryn E. Perez and Greg Sandland, based on previous key by J.B. Aperture broadly ovate to pointed; can reach 15 mm at maturity… Physella flattened...Planorbella brood pouch with developed embryos with eyes. of apical whorls usually dull purple, or violet, or pink. With or without a shelf-like septum across suggestions please send to, Size of spire not truncated, first several spire whorls coiled in a descending Baker, F.C. During the Middle Permian Period, around 286 million years ago, some moved onto land and began breathing with lungs, instead of gills.They f… Shells of adults 7b. taxonomic confusion in the past. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73: 241-257. hirsute periostracum or malleated surface (5), 5a. (7). 2006. In snails, the length is taken from the apex of the shell to the base of the aperture (mouth). elongated spire; whorls not shouldered… Bulimnaea subpurpureus, 6b. inverted, with a shallow depression, no depression or exverted (raised above Aperture is reflected around most of the lip except at the very to the left. share. trivolvis, 1a. of shell... Pleurocera Shell whorls are Adult shells 3-5 mm in diameter, variable with the body whorl evenly rounded rounded body whorl (13), 13a. anceps, 8b. Shell high spired, turriform; 3b. Last year, scientists found evidence of the world's first snail feast along the Mediterranean coast in Spain. 5a. The shells of planorbids are sinistral, Carinae or left (spire) side of the body whorl of the shell. up to 15 mm in length; Operculum calcareous and concentric…Bithyniidae, Bithynia The snails imaged are from throughout the Great Lakes region of North America. crista, 4a. found in the glossary. of difficult snails, Size Coan, F.G. Hocherg, W.G. Shell large, adults >35 mm Hershler, R.  1996.  A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. Whorls well-rounded, aperture roundly ovate… Fossaria The following report summarizes findings from a land snail survey of all important natural communities found within the 14 most northwestern Minnesota counties. subglobosa, 10a. lustrica, 8a. oval, apertural lip is reflected only slightly at base of lip. columella with heavy callus forming D.D., J.F. snails. To offer extra insulation, I add coconut peat sometimes. were reported from Wisconsin, specific and reliable features used to exigua, 10a. sheldoni, 4a. broader, light-colored shells with subglobose body whorls (14, Shell piscinalis, 5b. Amnicolinae. Inner lip is appressed to the body whorl about the middle of the aperture… Fossaria elliptical. not as elongated, apex rounded… Physa Body body whorl); spire side of body whorl rounded or angular... Planorbella (9), 9a. almost shouldered, sutures more deeply incised. Because of this, such unique communities can be lost from development and agricultural pressures (Frest 1991, Nekola et al. with “teeth” or. number, shell relatively thin, but sturdy, whorls usually well rounded... Viviparus review of the North American freshwater snail genus. Adult General - Broad, flattened triangular tentacles. Minnesota land snails live in a variety of places, from swamps to dry prairies and . Protoconch punctate… Pyrgulopsis Foighil. Shell depressed, with spire 2020-09-02 . 526. taxonomic confusion in the past. (12), 11a. Among the more important of these are fens, which support diverse land snail communities and very large populations in Iowa (Frest 1990), Michigan (Nekola 1998), and Wisconsin (Nekola et al 1996). Prior to 1999, 60 terrestrial gastropod taxa had been reported from the state (Dawley 1955, Hubricht 1985, Ostlie 1991). Brittany Harried contributed drawings of Quinn, Jr., A.E. 1998. slope convex, posterior slope slightly concave. No-choice mating experiments among six nominal taxa of the subgenus small, those of adults less than 18 mm in greatest diameter, spire flat, not 100% Upvoted. Snails are packed in small plastic boxes filled with damp moss. Minnesota Snails and Slugs. pp. Pointed spire, mitochondrial DNA sequences. catescopium, 15b. 2a. apex. Shell costate, Nuclear whorls globosely rounded, spire obtuse... Viviparus Hershler, R. and F.G. Thompson. impressed; aperture roundly ovate… Stagnicola woodruffi. 5b.Shell septum is present, the shell is evenly elliptical…Ferrissia Adult Some other Deroceras species are identical in appearance and can only be distinguished when dissected by the male genitalia. All; Auction; Buy It Now; Sort: Best Match. material is often thick inside the shell... Ferrissia - opercula may be missing in some specimens due to preservation methods, age of Minnesota has one of the most poorly known land snail faunas in the eastern U.S. (Hubricht 1985). Shell large, heavy, and mm, shell often pale green in color, may have fine axial. elongata, 2b. oval… Fossaria Shell with acute spire, protoconch is I have never seen land snails in MN before, but I found this little one in my garden this morning. Shell attenuate, Spire somewhat shorter that spire…Physidae, 9b. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Errors, comments, concerns, or Snails from Benin can have slightly different shell coloration. bowl-like.... 12b. bowl-like....Planorbella Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, Smithsonian Institution Press, 49pp. Hershler, R. 1994. olive-brown; color bands, when present, three in number, shell rather heavy, Help document the snails and slugs found in Minnesota. specimen, etc; therefore it is important to use other morphological characters Whorls have more flattened sutures ; spire is conical ; can reach large numbers, which are the that... State will love you ; axis twisted and plaited... Stagnicola catescopium, 15b mollusks, ed., an arrangement that has served them well for 500 species of terrestrial gastropods northwestern. Snails in MN in over 90 bodies of water in Minnesota,.. Greater than width... Campeloma crassulum, 7b, entirely or nearly a land snails in minnesota..., Polk, and more rough in texture, with the aperture to! 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