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| Date: | Thu, 6 May 1999 16:20:33 -0400 |
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At 12:54 PM 5/6/99 -0700, you wrote:
>I found this snail shell in the flood bank of a pond near the DesPlaines
>River in River Forest, IL near Thatcher and Washington.
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>Can you suggest what species it might be? Or point me to a web site where I
>might be able to find it's classification?
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Looks like Cinpangopaludina malleatus (Reeve, 1863), an exotic viviparid
that is widespread in the US. Could be a little greener, but it seems too
big and lacks the bands of our native viviparids. It certainly occurs in
Illinois.
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Ohio Biological Survey &
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Ohio State University
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