We had a concrete fish pond when I was a kid.
It had a canopy of those nasty Brazilian Pepper Trees overhead,
so we had to remove the fish and clean it out eavery year or two.
There were always a few Veronicella floridana slugs, quite alive and
well, on the very bottom of the concrete surface. I did not know at
the time that this was an air-breathing terrestrial species, and should
not have been hanging out underwater.

Andrew Vik
Tampa FL


> [Original Message]
> From: David Campbell <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 8/25/2008 4:42:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Land Snails and Flooding
>
>  There's a paper
> some years back from a malacology journal reporting on an apparently
> aquatic population of terrestrial slugs; I may be able to track it
> down.
>
> Drowning land snails is a good way to preserve the anatomy in a
> relaxed position, but it's bad for DNA, so think about what you want
> to do with the specimens.
>
> --
> Dr. David Campbell
> 425 Scientific Collections
> University of Alabama
> "I think of my happy condition, surrounded by acres of clams"
>
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