Panther cowryCypraeidaeCollected: Red SeaNOTE: I have not collected live shells since the mid-1970's. I believe that the animal itself is much more valuable alive than destroyed for its shell. It is for this reason that I will only collect beach/forest shells from deceased specimens.
Caribbean Leatherleaf Slug (Sarasinula plebeia) ?Family: VeronicellidaeValladolid, Yucatan, MexicoFound about 5 of this around a fountain at night, after a little bit of rain.
Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Alert' 1881-2.London :Printed by order of the Trustees,1884. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12067696
The Giant African Snail was released accidentally in Brazil, and this one is several generations crawl from the nearest human habitation at 2500 meters elevation on the summit of the Condor Range, Peru-Ecuador Border. Locally called Ampulla. In context at www.dixpix.ca/Amazon/fauna/riverlife/index.html