Can anyone on the list, especially those on you in California tell me if
Otala punctata (Muller, 1774) is currently found as an introduced species
in the Los Angeles region. I picked up a worn specimen when I was walking
around on vacation there and for all the world the specimen I have seems
close to this terrestrial taxon. Don't have a scanned image of it and not
sure how useful it would be considering how worn it is. Thanks for any
information provided.
Charlie
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Charlie Sturm, Jr
Research Associate - Section of Invertebrate Zoology
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA
Assistant Professor - Family Medicine
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