Check List 18(5): 1005-1015, doi: 10.15560/18.5.1005
Leaf-litter-dwelling microsnails of Prince Edward Island, Canada (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Eupulmonata)
Robert G. Forsyth‡, Mark A. Arsenault§, Rosemary Curley|‡ New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, NB, Canada§ Prince Edward Island Department of Environment, Energy and Climate Action, Charlottetown, PE, Canada| Natural History Society of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE, Canada
Corresponding author: Robert G. Forsyth ( rforsyth@mollus.ca ) Academic editor: Rodrigo B. Salvador © Robert G. Forsyth, Mark A. Arsenault, Rosemary Curley. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC0 Public Domain Dedication. Citation:
Forsyth RG, Arsenault MA, Curley R (2022) Leaf-litter-dwelling microsnails of Prince Edward Island, Canada (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Eupulmonata). Check List 18(5): 1005-1015. https://doi.org/10.15560/18.5.1005 |  |
Abstract
Samples of leaf litter were collected from 22 woodland sites throughout Prince Edward Island, Canada. Eighty-two specimens belonging to 15 species of litter-dwelling land snails were recovered from 20 of the 22 samples. One-third of the species—Carychium exile H.C. Lea, 1842, Helicodiscus shimeki Hubricht, 1982, Strobilops labyrinthicus (Say, 1817), Perpolita binneyana (Morse, 1864), and Striatura ferrea Morse, 1864—were previously undocumented in the literature as occurring in PEI. Leaf-litter sampling, even in smaller quantities, is an effective method for finding the often-neglected terrestrial mollusc fauna, which is composed largely of minute species.
Keywords
Atlantic Canada, geographic distribution, land snails, new records