[NatureNS] Amber Snail

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I have always been a big fan of Gastropods, especially marine ones. So I was happy to see this little Amber Snail (Succinea) today crawling on a cinder block (details in caption): http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9743365332/

Wikipedia says the "common name [Amber Snails] refers to the fact that live snails in this genus are translucent and similar to amber in appearance". That may be stretching it a bit.

Here is a fairly good regional guide that can help to partially ID terrestrial snails and slugs: http://www.integrativescience.ca/uploads/activities/Land%20Snails%20of%20Cape%20Breton-binder-final.pdf

Nancy

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