Hello Bert,
..."and often has stripes [from one to five]"...
from Z E R O to five
Lubosh R. Kolouch
Hradec Kralove
CZ
http://lrk.host.sk
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From: "Bert Bartleson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 7:44 AM
Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Memory of a BC (Canada) landsnail
> Hi Doug, the snail that you describe is almost certainly Cepaea nemoralis
> (Linnaeus, 1758). It is widely distributed in the greater Vancouver, BC
> area as well as south of there in Western Washington. It has many color
> variations [yellows and oranges]
and often has stripes [from one to five]
> on the body of the shell. I even have a few shells I collected not more
> than
> two blocks from my house here in Olympia, WA. last year. The snails are
> non-native transplants from Europe and come in with plant materials quite
> frequently.
Bert Bartleson
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