Image of: Haplotrema concavum (flat-disc snail)
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Caption
Haplotrema concavum
, Michigan. The great majority of land snails are herbivorous, feeding on decaying leaves and wood and fungal hyphae. However, there are a few carnivorous species that feed on other land snails.
Haplotrema concavum
, common throughout the eastern United States, is such a carnivorous species.
Contributors
Dr. John B. Burch, Ph.D.
(photographer, copyright holder), Mollusk Division, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan
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