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Mesomphix globosus (MacMillan, 1940) Globose Button |
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Mesomphix vulgatus H. B. Baker, 1933 Common Button |
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In each of the three views the specimen on the left is Mesomphix globosus
(MacMillan, 1940), major diameter 18.0 mm. and M. vulgatus H. B.
Baker, 1933, major diameter 20.2 mm, is on the right. Each has 4.9 whorls.
Both were taken at alive at "Anguispira Rock" from leaf litter at
bases of three limestone escarpments running NW to SE. 37.44478N -
37.44486N X 085.3124W - 085.3136W, Nelson Co., KY by one or two of the expeditioners, H. Lee, L. Schroeder, R. Smotherman, and E. Cavin, on 17
May, 2008. The shell color and tightness of coil help distinguish the
two species. See Hubricht, L., 1962. Mesomphix vulgatus and its allies.
The Nautilus 76(1): 1-6. July and Hubricht, L., 1962. and
Hubricht, L., 1985, The distributions of the native land mollusks of the
Eastern United States. Fieldiana 24(1359): pp. 1-191 + viii. June
28. Also see: Mesomphix globosus (MacMillan, 1940) Globose Button |
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