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
