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Fringed Slitmouth Snail

Stenotrema barbigerum

Photo by flowntheloop
Published on Project Noah
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34.58, -84.69

Field Notes

Description:

Small, brown, terrestrial snail with long, coppery hairs on its shell surface. Many scientists hypothesize that these hairs are an adaptation for movement through wet habitats.

This is a first time-spotting for Project Noah. NatureServe lists Stenotrema barbigerum as G3/G4 (Globally Vulnerable). On a national level (in the US), S. barbigerum is listed as N3N4 (Vulnerable).

Habitat:

Resting on a red oak leaf in a moist, dense mixed hardwood forest.

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Comments (7)

Thank you, Mark. I was thrilled to find such a lovely creature--but at the same time saddened that they are disappearing so rapidly.
I am glad too. It took some digging, but I finally found some info when researching Appalachian mollusks. I didn't realize this was a first-time spotting here either! Wow!
Awesome, Christine! That helped tremendously! Thank you so much!
So cool! Check out this link: http://www.molluscs.at/gastropoda/index.html?/gastropoda/morphology/shell2.html

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