On 11/12/2011 5:52 PM, Eddie G. wrote:

> My name is Eddie and I live in Connecticut. I just joined the list and this
> is a brief introduction about myself. I am 14 years old and have been very
> interested in shells since I was 8. I enjoy collecting around our home in
> Connecticut and try to get to the beach any time I can.

* been there, done that, from New Haven to Straightforward, 50 years
ago, with Morris' Field Guide to sea shells, and Euell Gibbons'
'Stalking the blue-eyed Scallop.'

You can get a copy of our...

Grimm, F. Wayne, Robert G. Forsyth , Frederick W. Schueler, & Aleta
Karstad. 2009 [2010]. Identifying Land Snails and Slugs in Canada:
Introduced Species and Native Genera. Canadian Food Inspection Agency,
Ottawa. iv+168 pp.

...by phoning the number given at
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/pestrava/escarge.shtml

We didn't do land snails in those days, but I suspect you want to look
around marble outcrops in the Housatonic valley.

all the best,

fred schueler
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