this was at the bayside of  Jones Beach State Park, South Shore of
Long Island. I live 5 minutes to the north.

Cepaea nemoralis is fairly common in some of the grassy areas of the park.

On 11/8/11, David Kirsh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Where in NY are you, Steve?
>
> David Kirsh
> Durham, NC
>
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>>From: Steve Rosenthal <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Nov 8, 2011 6:20 PM
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: [CONCH-L] two interesting sightings
>>
>>A couple of interesting finds on a beautiful day up in NY (temp. between
>> 65-
>>70 degrees F)
>>
>>-a hermit crab in a very fresh Cepaea nemoralis (land snail), first time I
>>ever noticed a hermit crab in the Northeast in a land shell.  I have seen
>>some in Florida/Caribbean, where I would say land snails are generally more
>>frequent and/or washed out to sea more often?
>>
>>-a decent sized (15mm)  fresh dead,  late-season Haminoea solitaria-  Still
>>glossy and with periostracum.
>>
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