As far as I know, there are no records of Arianta from the U.S.

Aydin
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On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 09:30:17 +0000, Páll Einarsson <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>Here is a question for the land snail fans:
>
>Some of the common, large European land snails have spread to distant parts
>of the world with European culture, e.g. Helix aspersa, Cepaea nemoralis,
>Cepaea hortensis. Others have not. How far has Arianta arbustorum spread,
>for example? I have not been able to find records of it in America.
>
>Arianta arbustorum is in many parts of Europe just as common as Cepaea
>nemoralis and lives in similar places. It has been living in Eastern
>Iceland for a long time and was recently introduced to SW-Iceland,
>apparently by plants from Denmark. Has anybody seen it in the Eastern US?
>
>Páll Einarsson
>Iceland