Tree Snails of Florida
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Description: Information on a number of snails which live permanently in trees and their identification, with an illustrated key.
tree snails of Florida - Drymaeus spp., Orthalicus sppp., Liguus spp., Bulimulus spp. common name: tree snails of Florida scientific name: Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Bulimulidae Many snails are found in trees, but only a few are exclusively arboreal for most or all of their life cycle. Tree snails are normally found on the ground only during egg-deposition or when dislodged from their perches. They are frequently large, up to 70 mm long, but tend to be smaller in colder areas. They are restricted to tropical and semi-tropical regions by their need for high humidity and warm temperatures. Tree snails are included in several families, but the Bulimulidae and the Pupillidae are the only two represented on the United States mainland. In the Americas, the center of diversity of the Bulimulidae is in northern South America to Brazil, with representatives spreading northward through Central America and the Caribbean to the southeastern United States (Solem 1969, Breure 1979). The bulimulids are not exclusively arboreal as many species live in leaf-mold, under or near rocks, or on rock faces. However, all native Florida bulimulids are arboreal.
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| Page title: | tree snails of Florida - Drymaeus spp., Orthalicus sppp., Liguus spp., Bulimulus spp. |
| Keywords: | tree snails Drymaeus Orthalicus Liguus Gastropoda Bulimulidae Jane Deisler |
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| IP-address: | 128.227.242.110 |
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| NS | Name Servers: NS.NAME.UFL.EDU 128.227.30.254 RNS.NAME.UFL.EDU 8.6.245.30 |
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| Date | activated: 25-Mar-1986 last updated: 03-Feb-2014 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |