Hi Lubosh, you are correct.  We have the zero striped [non-striped]
varieties here as well.  Bert

-----Original Message-----
From: Conchologists List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Lubos R. Kolouch
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 11:29 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Memory of a BC (Canada) landsnail

Hello Bert,
..."and often has stripes [from one to five]"...

from  Z E R O  to five

Lubosh R. Kolouch
Hradec Kralove
CZ
http://lrk.host.sk


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bert Bartleson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Memory of a BC (Canada) landsnail


> Hi Doug, the snail that you describe is almost certainly Cepaea nemoralis
> (Linnaeus, 1758).  It is widely distributed in the greater Vancouver, BC
> area as well as south of there in Western Washington.  It has many color
> variations [yellows and oranges]

and often has stripes [from one to five]

> on the body of the shell.  I even have a few shells I collected not more
> than
> two blocks from my house here in Olympia, WA. last year.  The snails are
> non-native transplants from Europe and come in with plant materials quite
> frequently.
Bert Bartleson

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