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Population analyses, variation and behavior of Anguispira alternata alternata

Charles L. Douglas
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Anguispira alternata alternata is one of the more common terrestrial snails in the United States. Gregarious by nature, these snails can be collected in large numbers from wooded flood-plains and moist upland wooded areas. "The range is eastern Canada and the United States, from Nova Scotia to Lake of the Woods; westward in the United States to about the 97th meridian, south to middle Louisiana and Mississippi (Leonard, 1959). Distribution in Kansas is restricted to the eastern one-third of the state.

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Charles L. Douglas. 1963. Population analyses, variation and behavior of Anguispira alternata alternata. https://doi.org/10.2307/3626559

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