>I collected Polygyra septemvolva in Florida, so it is not unusual place!



>>A club member brought me shells, dead collected, that she found in
>>great number under a mass of seaweed. I am no expert in land shells,
>>but according to R.T. Abbott - Compendium of Landshells, p.134, I
>>believe they are
>>Polygyra septemvolva, Say, 1818. I was surprised to see land snails on
>>our gulf beach.
>>Is this an unusual place to find Polygyra?

Land & fluvial snails wash into the sea and then may be washed
ashore, especially after flooding.

I have seived landsnails out of beach windrows and dredged freshwater
hydrobiids from 340-620m in a canyon.

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