Florida Tree Snail
While there are many subspecies of the Florida tree snail in Southern Florida, and many found in the Caribbean (particularly in Cuba) I'm going to just focus on the species as a whole. These very interesting and often colorful snails which are found in smooth-barked trees have found a niche in their habitat feeding on algae and various fungi that that they find on their host trees. Unfortunately because of these beautiful shells, they are easily spotted in the wild and collected by shell-collecting people and are therefore considered "a species of special concern" by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Department. This one was found in on Key Largo in the Florida Keys.
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Animalia, Eupulmonata, Euthyneura, Florida, Florida tree snail, Florida treesnail, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Key Largo, Liguus, Liguus fasciatus, Liguus tree snails, Mollusca, Monroe County, Orthalicidae, Orthalicinae, Orthalicoidea, Panpulmonata, Sigmurethra, Stylommatophora, animal, antennae, autumn, bug, color, colorful, creature, fall, fauna, gastropod, invertebrate, mollusk, natural, nature, organism, pulmonate, shell, snail, terrestrial, tree snail, treesnail, white, wild, wildlife
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