Sorry---too late!
   There are any number of quarter size snails available in Ohio. Cepaea nemoralis L. comes to mind. The trouble is---by this time of year , they have laid their eggs for next year and are DEAD. Gather ye snailbuds in July. Any forest will do.
     Art
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> From: Avril Bourquin <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2003/12/04 Thu PM 09:30:26 EST
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Biology Labs
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> Hello Conchlers,
>
> I have a science teacher in Ohio who is looking for a supply of live snails
> for a lab using the snails to show the variety of surfaces that the snail
> will be attracted/not attracted to. She is trying to find a living shelled
> mollusc which the kids can actually handle.  These would be kept in the lab
> or properly disposed of at the end of their use and definitely would not be
> released back to nature.
>
> Due to the fact that helix cannot be purchased as they are considered a
> pest, where could another comparable snail be found or purchased?
>
> All the best,
> Avril
> Avril Bourquin
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> Invermere, B.C.
> Canada
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