The rosy wolf snail.  Euglandina rosea (Ferussac, 1921)  Carnivorous, good
for gardens, they eat the bad snails.  Native to Florida and southern
Georgia/Alabama.  Relatives in Mexico, Caribbean, etc.
 
 
At 06:26 PM 2/9/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Dear all, today, I decided i would try and find some garden mollusks.
>I was extremely successful. I got about 7 of what I would consider common
>garden snails, and I managed to find a beautiful land snail that was
>about 1 1/2"
>in length. I need all you land snail experts to help me with
>identification. The large
>snail is orange-amber color and is approximately 34mm in length. It has
>about 3 whorls,
>and the aperture is faintly pearly when viewed from a certain angle.
>Small striations cover
>the shell vertically. The collumella is curved to the right, and is
>abruptly cut off at it's base.
>The body whorl is large and fairly elongate. Spire is short.
>I live in the west florida panhandle, so focus on snails mainly from that
>area.
>If you know what this species is, let me know where to look for live
>specimens, as they are
>quite obscure.
>
>Thanks,
>James C.
>
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