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Date: | Mon, 14 Jun 1999 07:10:23 -0400 |
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Look at your snails again:
Arion subfuscus (Draparnaud, 1805) has a dark stripe down each side of its
body. The breathing pore is located anterior to the midline of the mantle.
Mucus quite orange.
Limacus flavus (Linne, 1758) has vague spots but no stripes, and the pore
is located in the south half of the mantle. Mucus more yellow.
I have not seen L. flavus in Ohio, but A. subfuscus is locally common.
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G Thomas Watters
Ohio Biological Survey &
Aquatic Ecology Laboratory
Ohio State University
1315 Kinnear Road
Columbus, OH 43212 USA
v: 614-292-6170 f: 614-292-0181
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"The world is my oyster except for months with an 'R' in them" - Firesign
Theater
"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and he
has to buy a license" - GTW
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