[NatureNS] Re: Large Slug- Guysborough County

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Frederick Schueler was was of the co-authors of Identifying Land Snails and
Slugs in Canada =96 Introduced Species and Native
Genera<http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/pestrava/escarge.shtml>
, available from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Ulrich Shneppat gave a Slug Workshop <http://pinicola.ca/slugwork.htm> in
2009 at the Bishops Mills Natural History Centre in Bishops Mills, Ontario,
Canada

On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Rick Ballard <ideaphore@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks to Frederick Schueler, through the wonders of email this slug has
> been partially identified by Ulrich E. Schneppat, a zoologist at the B=FC=
ndner
> Naturmuseum in Switzerland:
>
> "the specimen belongs to the Genus Arion and the Subgenus Mesarion and
> without doubt to the sudfuscus-complex but without specimens preserved in
> adult stage it is not possible to clear up species identity if at all...
> This morph/form I haven't seen among specimens from Canada up to now... F=
or
> sure it does not belong to Arion (Arion) ater which has much coarser
> crenulations on the mantle and much coarser wrinkles on its back..."
>
> I will be looking for a specimen to preserve the next time I'm at the
> cottage...
>
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Rick Ballard <ideaphore@gmail.com> wrote=
:
>
>> The slug in this photo <http://ideaphore.com/2011_08190054_edited-1.jpg>=
,
>> afaics, keys out to the Arionidae family, genus Arion, but I can't find =
a
>> photo on the web that looks like this specimen. There is mention of an *=
Arion
>> ater var. reticulatum*, which is a possibility given the reticulated
>> markings. It is about 7cm long and was photographed at Port Hilford,
>> Guysborough Co, NS.
>>
>> --
>> Rick Ballard
>> Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada
>> http://www.ideaphore.com
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Rick Ballard
> Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada
> http://www.ideaphore.com
>



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Rick Ballard
Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada
http://www.ideaphore.com

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Frederick Schueler was was of the co-authors of=A0<span class=3D"Apple-styl=
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or: rgb(51, 102, 153); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; =
" href=3D"http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/pestrava/escarge.shtml=
">Identifying Land Snails and Slugs in Canada =96 Introduced Species and Na=
tive Genera</a><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D"#336699" style=3D"=
font-weight: bold; ">,</font> available from the Canadian Food Inspection A=
gency.</span><div>
<span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helv=
etica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br></span></div=
><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial=
, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Ulrich Shn=
eppat gave a Slug Workshop=
=A0in 2009 at the=A0</span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-f=
amily: ARIAL, SWISS; background-color: rgb(252, 239, 213); ">Bishops Mills =
Natural History Centre in=A0</span><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=
=3D"font-family: ARIAL, SWISS; background-color: rgb(252, 239, 213); ">Bish=
ops Mills, Ontario, Canada<font class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"3">=A0</=
font></span><br>
<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Rick Ballar=
d <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ideaphore@gmail.com">ideaphore@gm=
ail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D=
"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Thanks to Frederick Schueler, through the wonders of email this slug has be=
en partially identified by Ulrich E. Schneppat, a zoologist at the B=FCndne=
r Naturmuseum in Switzerland:<br><br>&quot;the specimen belongs to the Genu=
s Arion and the Subgenus Mesarion and=20
without doubt to the sudfuscus-complex but without specimens preserved=20
in adult stage it is not possible to clear up species identity if at=20
all... This morph/form I haven&#39;t seen among specimens from Canada up to=
=20
now... For sure it does not belong to Arion (Arion) ater which has much=20
coarser crenulations on the mantle and much coarser wrinkles on its=20
back...&quot;<br><br>I will be looking for a specimen to preserve the next =
time I&#39;m at the cottage...<div><div></div><div class=3D"h5"><br><br><br=
><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Rick Ballard <=
span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ideaphore@gmail.com" target=3D"_blan=
k">ideaphore@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
The slug in this <a href=3D"http://ideaphore.com/2011_08190054_edited-1.jpg=
" target=3D"_blank">photo</a>, afaics, keys out to the Arionidae family, ge=
nus Arion, but I can&#39;t find a photo on the web that looks like this spe=
cimen. There is mention of an <i>Arion ater var. reticulatum</i>, which is =
a possibility given the reticulated markings. It is about 7cm long and was =
photographed at Port Hilford, Guysborough Co, NS.<br>


<font color=3D"#888888">
<br>-- <br>Rick Ballard <br>Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada <br><a href=3D"ht=
tp://www.ideaphore.com" target=3D"_blank">http://www.ideaphore.com</a><br>
</font></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>Rick Ballard <br=
>Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada <br><a href=3D"http://www.ideaphore.com" tar=
get=3D"_blank">http://www.ideaphore.com</a><br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br>=
Rick Ballard <br>Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada <br><a href=3D"http://www.id=
eaphore.com">http://www.ideaphore.com</a><br>
</div>

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