September 15th, 2012. We drove over
Patterson Gap Road from Betty’s Creek Road to Persimmon Road. Patterson Gap
lies on the Tennessee Valley Divide in the Chattahoochee National Forest. The
road is graveled and water erosion has produced some rough sections. Lobelia
siphilitca (Great Blue Lobelia) and then Gentianella quinquefolia (Agueweed or
Stiff Gentian).
While we were ‘hunting’ gentian flowers,
we came across this snail. It was in its shell when we found it and didn’t come
out while we were there. As close as I can tell it’s an Appalachian Land Snail
(Mesodon sp.). This was the first of two of these snails that we found that weekend.
Can anyone confirm or correct this identification?
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