The Robust Lancetooth Snail was First reported from Montana in 1956. With it's large but short shell, reaching sizes of 21-31mm in diameter and 8-12 mm in height, it is quite successful in hiding between rocks and under the bark of fallen trees. The shell commonly comes in colours ranging from dull yellow to olive green in colour. Whereas the head, neck, and body of the snail is creamy white in colour. The Robust Lancetooth Snail is an omnivorous species and will eat anything from earthworms to beetle larvae, and even its own kin.
Sources
- http://10000thingsofthepnw.com/2020/11/28/haplotrema-vancouverense-robust-lancetooth-snail/
Menegazzia because of the perforations, and taking the chance that this is M. subsimilis based on the choice of two possibilities on the Ways of Enlichenment website
growing on living Alnus rubra trunk
At about 15m elevation, near Squamish River in young, mixed forest.
growing on rotting hemlock log second growth conifer forest
Thank you, gwenlh, for enabling me to click these photos, after several years of wishing for a strong enough zoom to record this species.
growing on rotting hemlock log second growth conifer forest
It’s only the second time I’ve seen honey bees in Squamish this season. There doesn’t appear to be many around.
Several plants in this area. It will be a shame when the developers start here and these lovely natives will be lost.
Taking a chance on this one :-)
The Budlia I found it on has been chopped down several times but is determined to grow and flower.