Population analyses, variation and behavior of Anguispira alternata alternata

Anguispira alternata alternata is one of the more common terrestrial snails in the United States. Gregarious by nature, these snails can be collected in large numbers from wooded flood-plains and moist upland wooded areas. "The range is eastern Canada and the United States, from Nova Scotia to Lake of the Woods; westward in the United States to about the 97th meridian, south to middle Louisiana and Mississippi (Leonard, 1959). Distribution in Kansas is restricted to the eastern one-third of the state.