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Millerelix plicata (Say, 1821) Cumberland Liptooth |
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| From base of Chilhowee Mountain in deep leaf litter over a sandstone/quartz pebble, cemented conglomerate or a solid arkose sandstone with sparse deciduous tree cover, Polk County, Tennessee. Bob Winters! January-February, 2022 (5.39 mm.). This shell is one of a several specimen lot comprising UF IZ 572442. SEMs produced in collaboration with Dr. Ann Heatherington, Dept. Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. |
| Dourson ([2011]: 180) noted the species is "without hairs on shell surface" while Pilsbry (1940: 626) wrote "last whorl has ... a few short hairs,usually preserved only in the umbilicus and behind the lip." |
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Dourson, D.C., [2011]. Kentucky's
Land Snails and their Ecological Communities. Goatslug
Publications, Bakersville, NC. Frontispiece + title + [i]-[vi] +
1-298. October. [brackets indicate that the date of publication
was not printed in this book; the author provided it to Dr. Lee.] Pilsbry, H.A., 1940. Land Mollusca of North America (north of Mexico) vol. 1 part 2. Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. vi + 575-994 + ix. 1 Aug. <http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822000620245;view=1up;seq=7> |
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