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Index of Subjects --bcaec51b9ee5becade04ab1900d5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 > --=20 Rick Ballard Dartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada http://www.ideaphore.com --bcaec51b9ee5becade04ab1900d5 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Frederick Schueler was was of the co-authors of=A0<span class=3D"Apple-styl= e-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; backgr= ound-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a name=3D"cont" id=3D"cont" style=3D"col= 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"><<a href=3D"mailto:ideaphore@gmail.com">ideaphore@gm= ail.com</a>></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>"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'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..."<br><br>I will be looking for a specimen to preserve the next = time I'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"><<a href=3D"mailto:ideaphore@gmail.com" target=3D"_blan= k">ideaphore@gmail.com</a>></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'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> --bcaec51b9ee5becade04ab1900d5--
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