Land snails and slugs of the Pacific Northwest / Thomas E. Burke ; photographs by William P. Leonard.

Terrestrial mollusks, the second largest phylum in the animal kingdom, are vitally important to the earth's ecology. This richly illustrated volume offers complete information on the range of terrestrial mollusk shapes, sizes, and characteristics, and presents an overview of their habitat requirements as well as details of land snail and slug ecology, collection and preservation methods, and biogeography. Land Snails and Slugs of the Pacific Northwest is an essential reference for biologists, horticulturalists, gardeners, and naturalists, and anyone wishing to identify species in the field.