Harry,
I do not have records for Trichia hispida New York City, the Adirondacks,
or central Maryland, the only areas where I have conducted extensive
stateside collecting.
I've happen upon other individual alien species sneaking into Maryland
through exotic plant trade sources, mostly minute Streptaxids.
Rich
P.S. - I appreciate the sentiments received on the passing of my Mother.
At 10:43 AM 11/28/2004, you wrote:
>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
>>----- Original Message -----
>>
>>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
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