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>The other is one we found on the Gulf of Mexico panhandle coast on the
>beach. I named it at the time Polygra cereolus (Waxy Polygyra), Muhlfeld,
>1818. It runs 15mm and smaller. I can't find that name anywhere in the
>Compendium, and now am not sure about it's name. It is, I think, a land
>snail. It is waxy white, and looks like a flat coiled rope.
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That sounds like a Polygyra, which are quite common on the Florida beaches.
They don't really live at the beaches, but are brought there by the waves. It
sould have teeth in its aperture. Fresh shells are brown. Look it up in
Pilsbry's Land Mollusca of North America (volume I, part 2, p. 582).
A.
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