Hey Everyone, Sorry to bombard your emails with more snail related info, but a few more notes/references/names of folks came in today/yesterday so I also wanted to send this out to the listserv as well.
Other Snail Resources: 1. Identifying Land Snails and Slugs of Canada - Grimm et al. http://www.mollus.ca/publications/ilssic.htm 2. Kentucky's Land Snails and Their Ecological Communities - Dourson et al. 2011 - http://books.google.com/books/about/Kentucky_s_Land_Snails_and_Their_Ecologi.html?id=WZZUXwAACAAJ Other Online Sources 1. Mollus.ca has a lot of information on ones found in canada, but also introduced species and has a decent amount of photos. 2. Mollusca - Snail/Mollusk Listserv 3. Land Snail References - http://www.unc.edu/~keperez/land%20snail%20references.html 4. Mollusk Bibliography Database - http://ellipse.inhs.uiuc.edu:591/mollusk/biblio.html Experts/Collections (Hope you all don't mind being mentioned and if I left you off, I apologize as this list is not all-inclusive) 1. Timothy Pearce (Carnegie Museum of Natural History) 2. Amy & Wayne Van Devender (Appalachian State) 3. Eric North (All Things Wild Consulting - Wisconsin who has a large collection and lots of photos) 4. Rob Dillon (Freshwater Snails - College of Charleston) 5. Fred Thompson (Florida Museum of Natural History) 6. Frank Anderson (Southern Illinois University) 7. Kathryn Perez (University of Wisconsin - La Crosse) 8. Ohio State University Museum (Large Collection As Well) Thanks so much again to everyone for their help. Matt On Jun 13, 2013, at 2:32 PM, Matthew Heard <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Everyone, > > Just wanted to follow up with a listing of resources that were passed on to > me about terrestrial snail identification. This was courtesy of a lot of > folks so thanks to all of them for their help. > > Books/Guides (Not All in Print) > 1. J.B. Burch 1962 - How to know eastern land snails. (Only Used Copies > Available/Out of Print) *Native Species > 2. J.B. Burch & T.A. Pearce 1990 - Chapter 9 Terrestrial Gastropoda in D.L. > Dindall (ed.) Soil Biology Guide (Available In a Number of Libraries). *ID to > genera > 3. L. Hubricht 1985 - The distributions of the native land mollusks of the > Eastern United States. - County Distribution Maps (Available Online in PDF) > 4. H.A. Pilsbry's 4 part monograph of land Mollusca of North America (north > of Mexico) - I haven't been able to find this, but have heard that there is a > chance it could be reprinted or it is also available through interlibrary > loan) > 5. Kerney & Cameron 19789 - snails of NW Europe - *Non-Native Species > (especially slugs) > 6. Nekola & Coles 2010 - Pupillid land snails of Eastern North America - > Available in PDF online with a short search. > > Online Resources > 1. Perez et al. 2008 - A Guide For Terrestrial Gastropod Identification - > http://www.uwlax.edu/biology/faculty/perez/Perez/PerezLab/Research/Publications/AMS_Workbook_KEP_FINAL.pdf > 2. UNC North American Land Snail Links (Has links to a number of state snail > lists and other general information)- http://northamericanlandsnails.com > 3. Land Snails of the Great Smoky Mountains Eastern Region - > http://www.clemson.edu/public/naturalist/2011_upstate_master_naturalist_class/pdf/snails_smoky_mtns.pdf > > Other Places With People to Contact/Collections Resources > 1. Carnegie Museum of Natural History > 2. Florida Museum of Natural History > 3. Southern Illinois University > 4. UNC - Chapel Hill > > Final Notes - There are a number of publications that have come out lately in > scientific journals detailing the findings of local surveys (e.g. Kentucky, > Kansas, etc.) so doing a literature survey may be beneficial as well. > > Again, thanks to everyone for all of your help. > Matt > > > > > ********************** > Matthew J. Heard, Ph.D. > Assistant Professor of Biology > Winthrop University > Biology Department > 220 Dalton Hall > Rock Hill, SC 29733 > 803-323-2111 ext. 6443 > www.mattheard.com > > > > ********************** Matthew J. Heard, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Biology Winthrop University Biology Department 220 Dalton Hall Rock Hill, SC 29733 803-323-2111 ext. 6443 www.mattheard.com
