Hi, Harry!

Wow!  Those little critters can really move.  It reminds me of one of our Korean land shell species, Bekkochlamys subrejecta, that is very active and crawls rapidly, although maybe not as fast as your champions. While collecting with my grandson, I came across a species of B. subrejecta and picked it up.  It immediately tried to escape while I was corfirming the identification.  My grandson distracted me for a few seconds, and that's all it took for the little active one to crawl out of my hand and drop down into a pile of brush.  "Did you lose your snail, Poppie?' said my grandson.  "Yes", I replied "but I got the ID."  The big difference between your species and mine is that mine can't jump.

All the best from Korea!
Ron Noseworthy

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On Mon, 6/25/18, Harry Lee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

 Subject: [CONCH-L] Flick: Ovachlamys fulgens (Gude, 1900), the "Jumping Snail"
 To: [log in to unmask]
 Received: Monday, June 25, 2018, 6:32 AM
 
 
   
     
     
     
   
   
     Dear
         Listers,
 
         
 
         A few of you may recall my posting observations on
 the rather
         biodiverse land snail fauna of my back yard.
 
         
 
         During my residence on this property (1974 to
 present), I have
         seen the species count rise and change, e.g.,
 <https://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0111A&L=CONCH-L&P=R4001&Y=hglee2%40mindspring.com>,
 <https://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0111D&L=CONCH-L&P=R4417&Y=hglee2%40mindspring.com>,
         and the more recent discovery of non-native snails
 such as Bradybaena
           similaris (Ferussac, 1821) [2003],
 Lamellaxis micrus
         (d'Orbiigny, 1835) [2005], Allopeas
 mauritianum (L.
         Pfeiffer, 1852) [2007], and Ovachlamys
 fulgens (Gude,
         1900) [2013].
 
         
 
         Initially 2-3* of 27 were non-native, but now
 it's 7-8* of 35
         species, and many of the native taxa from the early
 days have
         essentially disappeared. Cumulative species counts
 can be
         deceptive.
 
         
 
         Anyway, the last introduction is today's topic.
 It was apparent
         from my first encounter that this guy behaved
 differently from
         your (or my for that matter) average snail. Not only
 could it
         outpace any other member of the molluscan community
 in which it
         had inserted itself, it could jump - really jump. By
 rough
         estimate its capacity (to scale) to do so was 5-10
 times mine -
         at my prime!
 
         
 
         Today colleague and jaxshells.org webmaster Bill
 Frank captured
         this remarkable behavior and uploaded it to
 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZzpv-QAvPk&feature=youtu.be>.
 
         
 
         Don't let anyone tell you all snails are
 sluggish!
 
         
 
         * Even today, the zoogeographic origin of the Carrot
 Glass, Dryachhoa
           dauca Thompson and Lee, 1981, is shrouded in
 mystery.
 
         
 
         Harry
 
       
   
 
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