Dear Ron,
Thanks for the addendum! Let's hear from others.
Harry
At 05:26 AM 11/28/2004, you wrote:
>Dear Harry,
>
>Trichia hispida and T. striolata have both
>been found in Newfoundland, Canada. T.
>striolata is restricted to the southeast area
>of the province, mainly in the St. John's
>area. T. hispida is found in scattered
>localities around the province.
>
>Specimens of both species are in the
>collection of the Newfoundland Museum, St.
>John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
>
>I hope that this information is helpful to
>you.
>
>Malacologically yours,
>Ron Noseworthy
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>From: Harry G. Lee
>To:
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>Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 12:23 AM
>Subject: Exotic landsnail in North America
>
>Dear Listers,
>
>Awaiting the airport shuttle vehicle while
>concluding a short stay at
>the La Tourelle Inn on the outskirts of
>Ithaca, New York, I decided to
>take a look around a half-acre artificial
>"fishing pond" on the
>spacious premises. The setting was a
>picturesque hillside
>overlooking Lake Cayuga to the northwest. The
>weather was mild for a
>mid-November day; Ithaca had gotten very
>little snowfall this
>autumn.
>
>Ignoring the few gawkers, I nosed around the
>pond's margins and
>easily found a fair number of living
>landsnails on the lawn, especially
>under hewn larger weeds. There were four
>species - Novisuccinea ovata,
>Cochliocopa lubrica, a small nearly black
>slug, and, most abundantly, a
>quarter-inch globose snail I thought to be a
>Slit-mouth (Stenotrema) of
>some sort because of its having
>Pussy-willow-bud-like texture. I popped
>the snails into an evacuated (and fully
>thoroughly-rinsed) shampoo
>sampler supplied by the inn, pocketed the
>collection, and shuttled to the
>Ithaca Airport. While languishing in La
>Guardia, I inspected the
>shells more closely and saw a densely hirsute
>Stenotrema-like
>periostracum accounted for the shell's
>unusual surface but no evidence of
>the thickened lip and constricted aperture
>that characterizes that North
>American genus. After some reflection, my
>mind finally broke loose from
>the box, and I considered this critter might
>be a non-native
>species.
>
>On arrival in Jax that night, despite
>temporary dismay with the
>Jaguars' last minute loss to the Titans, I
>went to microscope and books
>and sorted out the identity of this probable
>vagabond. Conclusion: I had
>picked up my first (and two dozenth) Hairy
>Helicellid, a species native
>to northwest Europe east through northern
>Asia to the Amur River.
>Taxonomically it is known as Trichia hispida
>(Linnaeus, 1758) [literally:
>the Hairy (Latin), Hairy (Greek) Snail]. Its
>phylogeny is like this:
>Mollusca: Gastropoda: Stylommatophora:
>Pulmonata: Helicoidea:
>Hygromiidae: Hygromiinae.
>
>I am unaware of any records outside ME and MA
>in the USA (plus NOVA
>SCOTIA, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, NEW BRUNSWICK,
>QUEBEC, and ONTARIO in
>Canada), I thought I'd ask the likes of Tom
>Watters, Richie Goldberg,
>Larry Watrous, Aydin Orstan, and other
>listers if they can fill me in on
>this species' peregrinations in North America.
>
>Harry
Harry G. Lee
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