I am looking in Land Snails of Britain and North-west Europe by Kerney and
Cameron. I am unable to locate cisalpina, is this perhaps a "new" name for
one of the listed species?
Regards,
George



>It is most probably a Cernuella species either virgata or cisalpina (jonica
>in Dutch literature).
>Best regards,
>Henk K. Mienis
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>From: Orstan, Aydin <[log in to unmask]>
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>Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 3:01 PM
>Subject: Unidentified alien land snail
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>> Greetings,
>> I just returned from a 5-day vacation in Chincoteague, VA, where among
>> others I collected numerous specimens of a land snail that was almost
>> certainly introduced from Europe. More details, including photos are at:
>> http://members.aol.com/AydinsLibrary/chinco.htm
>>
>> I will appreciate your help to identify this snail.
>>
>> Aydin