Land snails and slugs of the Pacific Northwest / Thomas E. Burke ; photographs by William P. Leonard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burke, Thomas E., 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Snails--Northwest, Pacific--Identification.

Snails.

Slugs (Mollusks)--Northwest, Pacific--Identification.

Slugs (Mollusks).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Terrestrial mollusks, the second largest phylum in the animal kingdom, are vitally important to the earth's ecology. With the publication of Land Snails and Slugs of the Pacific Northwest , a definitive and comprehensive guide to snails and slugs of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and western Montana is finally available. Primarily an identification guide, this richly illustrated volume offers complete information on the range of terrestrial mollusk shapes, sizes, and characteristics. It presents an overview of their habitat requirements as well as details of land snail and slug ecology, collection and preservation methods, and biogeography. Land Snails and Slugs of the Pacific Northwest is an essential reference for biologists, horticulturalists, gardeners, and naturalists, and anyone wishing to identify species in the field. - Identification keys and species accounts for most of the 245 taxa of terrestrial slugs and snails in the region - 280 full-color photographs of 155 species and subspecies - Range maps for most species

Contents:

""contents""; ""acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""

Mollusk Diversity""; ""

The Importance of Understanding and Identifying Mollusks""; ""

Threatened Species Concervation""; ""

Ecological Balance""; ""

Mollusks as Alternate Hosts for Parasites""; ""

Mollusk Ecology (Habitat)""; ""

Reproduction""; ""

Dispersal""; ""

Distribution and Endemism""; ""

Environmental Hazards and Mortality""; ""

Predation Defenses""; ""

Collecting, Preparing, and Preserving""; ""

How to Use This Book""; ""Nomenclature of Shell Characteristics""; ""Taxonomic List""

""Keys to the Families and Genera""""Species Accounts""; ""

Littorina""; ""

Assiminea""; ""

Cecina""; ""

Myosotella""; ""

Carychium""; ""

Key to Succineidae""; ""

Catinella""; ""

Oxyloma""; ""

Novisuccinea""; ""

Succinea""; ""

Cochlicopa""; ""

Pupilloidea: features and keys""; ""

Pupilla""; ""

Columella""; ""

Gastrocopta""; ""

Nearctula""; ""

Vertigo""; ""

Key to Valloniidae""; ""

Planogyra""; ""

Zoogenetes""; ""

Vallonia""; ""

Allopeas""; ""

Key to Haplotrematidae""; ""

Ancotrema""; ""

Haplotrema""; ""

Megomphix""; ""

Polygyrella""

""

Helix""""

Cepaea""; ""

Candidula""; ""

Cernuella""; ""

Helminthoglypta""; ""

Monadenia""; ""

Allogona""; ""

Cryptomastix""; ""

Hochbergellus""; ""

Trilobopsis""; ""

Vespericola""; ""

Microphysula""; ""

Oreohelix""; ""

Key to Punctidae, Charopidae, Discidae, Helicodiscidae""; ""

Paralaoma""; ""

Punctum""; ""

Radiodiscus""; ""

Anguispira""; ""

Discus""; ""

Heliodiscus""; ""

Key to Gastrodontoidea""; ""

Euconulus""; ""

Striatura""; ""

Zonitoides""; ""

Oxychilus""; ""

Nesovitrea""; ""

Hawaiia""; ""

Pristiloma""; ""

Ogaridiscus""

Vitrea""""Slugs""; ""

Vitrina""; ""

Boettgerilla""; ""

Limax and Lehmannia""; ""

Deroceras""; ""

Milax""; ""

Testacella""; ""

Arion""; ""

Prophysaon""; ""

Kootenaia""; ""

Carinacauda""; ""

Securicauda""; ""

Ariolimax""; ""

Gliabates""; ""

Hesperarion""; ""

Magnipelta""; ""

Udosarx""; ""

Zacoleus""; ""

Hemphillia""; ""Glossary of Terms""; ""References and Literature Cited""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-87071-686-7

OCLC:

857080289