To this marine gastropod it certainly sounds like Cepaea nemoralis, widely established in BC, and we started finding them in western Washington about the same time.

Alan


On Mon, 3 Dec 2007, Doug Stemke wrote:

> I hope someone here can point me in the right direction on this one.
>
> Back in the late 70s when I was about 16 I was camping with my father
> somewhere in 'South Central' BC, somewhere near the US boarder as closely as
> I can recall.  Anyway I went for a short hike and in a small bush or tree
> near a field I vividly recall finding a landsnail that appeared to me to be
> almost tropical in appearance; it was bright yellow with a dark stripe that
> followed the whirl.  It had a compressed spiral rather like a European
> Helix, but was smaller likely somewhere between 1-2 cm.  I didn't collect
> the animal or the shell, but I just got to thinking about it and wondered
> here if anyone might have some idea of what I might have found way back then.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Doug
>
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