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EENY148: Tree Snails (of Florida), Drymaeus, Orthalicus, Liguus spp. (Gastropoda: Bulimulidae)

Figure 8. The "banded tree snail," Orthalicus floridensis Pilsbry is the largest Florida tree snail, and is tan with two to three spiral brown bands and one to four dark brown vertical growth lines. Both the margin of the aperture and the parietal callus are dark brown. This native species is endemic to south Florida and the Florida Keys on native and introduced trees.