We are getting a lot of good inputs on this. Snails of one kind or
another have got to be one of the more distributed species in the world.
Martin
Harry G. Lee wrote:
> Dear Martin,
>
> Most of my collecting has been done in the eastern Us. In warmer
> months I have found several species active in suitable habitat *very*
> near the top of Mt. LeConte (peak 6593 ft.) in the Smokies and Mt.
> Mitchell (peak 6684 ft.) in the Black Mts. It seems that, although the
> Black Mts. are considered part of the Blue Ridge and the Smokies are
> not, all are included of the Appalachian Chain.
>
> Kurt Auffenberg, who used to be a Conch-L participant, has collected
> pretty high up in the Himalayas.
>
> Although I don't know the limit in altitude, I am reasonably certain
> that it is temperature, not oxygen that limits vertical snail
> distribution.
>
> In a Vermont valley, I have seen/ Vitrina/ snails actively crawling
> about in snow. In other parts of the world members of that family are
> found at high altitudes.
>
> Harry
>
>
> At 05:44 PM 2/23/2008, you wrote:
>> Just a thought - but what altitude can land shells survive at ?
>> Is it coldness or lack of air ? Can the Blue Ridge mountains and Smokies
>> be covered as well ?
>>
>> There is bound to be a limit of one kind. Think of water and land
>> turtles
>> that live from sea to high deserts at 4000' or more.
>>
>> Just a thought.
>>
>> Martin
>>
>> Harry G. Lee wrote:
>>> Dear Garrett,
>>>
>>> Rather than letting visions of Junonias, Lions' Paws, and Bonnets
>>> commit all your attentions to Sanibel until Spring Break, consider
>>> that you are located very near the epicenter of land snail diversity
>>> in the eastern part of the USA (the southern Appalachians).
>>>
>>> Although only a few are documented (Hubricht, 1985), I'll wager that
>>> many dozen kinds of terrestrial snails occur in Rabun Co., GA, and
>>> there may well be an undiscovered species or two lurking in the leaf
>>> mold or under a rock somewhere nearby.
>>>
>>> You wouldn't be the first to hedge his shelling attentions/energies
>>> while cloistered away from the seashore during the academic years.
>>>
>>> Harry
>>>
>>>
>>> At 12:37 PM 2/19/2008, you wrote:
>>>> * Help!
>>>> *I'm an average guy in need of assistance...
>>>>
>>>> I became an amatuer "self-proclaimed" conchologist
>>>> with the advent of the shell shock that hit me when I first
>>>> appeared on Sanibel with searching eyes. I was to say the least
>>>> (and still am) totally obsessed with shells.I was struck by the
>>>> geometry and beauty in the few shells that I had started
>>>> collecting. Never could I imagine such a wonderous world existed.
>>>> Sadly I had little time there to collect. Even worse is that I'm a
>>>> full time student in the peach state so... school comes first...
>>>> But the bright side is that I'm going to Sanibel this March!
>>>> (Here is where your expertise and field/ gathering knowledge come in)
>>>> What can I do while I'm in sanibel for 3 or 4 days, to
>>>> maximize my shell output, where are the best places to shell and
>>>> how? I have already devoted much research to this, but would like
>>>> to hear tips from the lips of those in the know. And one last
>>>> plea... I'm in love with lion's paws, *scotch bonnets*, murexes,
>>>> and wentletraps how do I find them?
>>>>
>>>>
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