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Mollusks : Carnegie Museum of Natural History Land Snails and Slugs of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States Home Pennsylvania Species Virginia Species Land Snail Ecology Resources Contact Virginia Land Snails Mesomphix cupreus (Rafinesque, 1831) Family: Zonitidae Common name: Copper Button Identification Width: 22 -25 mm Height: 12 - 15 mm Whorls: 4+ The shell of Mesomphix cupreus is large, glossy, and robust. Its color is golden-brown to deep brown, and it typically has a very dark aperture edge. The shell microsculpture lacks papillae and instead may have a fine sandpaper texture, sometimes with spiral grooves (striae). The umbilicus is small. Similar shells of large immature polygyrids are more transparent (in live animals), have fine radial ridges, and lack the dark lip edge. Virginia specimens tend to be larger than those from farther north. Ecology This species is a denizen of damp forest leaf litter, sometimes near logs, in mature upland forests. Walton (in Pilsbry, 1948) reports it feeding upon other land snails. Taxonomy Synonyms for M. cupreus are: Helix fuliginosa, Mesomphix cupreus politus, Omphalina cuprea, O. fuliginosa, Zonites cupreus form sinistrorsus, and Zonites fuliginosus. Distribution The range of M. cupreus extends from western New England, New York, and Michigan, south to Tennessee Photo(s): Live Mesomphix cupreus by and North Carolina. In the Mid-Atlantic it is not found near the coast. In Virginia it is found in the western Bill Frank ©, and shell by Dan mountains and hills. Dourson © NatureServe Global Rank: G5 Click photo(s) to enlarge. NatureServe State Rank: S4 Ken Hotopp, Greg Kimber 7/2012 Range Map http://smasheasy.com/mollusks/va_mesomphix_cupreus.html[3/5/15 1:29:18 PM] Mollusks : Carnegie Museum of Natural History Return to Mollusks at Carnegie Museum of Natural History | One of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh http://smasheasy.com/mollusks/va_mesomphix_cupreus.html[3/5/15 1:29:18 PM].

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