PART II. 



AMPULLA RlNiG. 



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SuB-FAM. ? THALLICERA. 



Th ALLicERA Q,uoy. Shell globose ; spire depressed ; 

 outer lip thin^ with a sinus above ; inner lip thick- 

 ened, with a prominent plait near the base. 

 T. avellana. {Jig. 34. p. 196.) Chem. 188. f. 1919-20. 



SuB-FAM. AMPULLARIN^. 



Animal with a respiratory siphon; shell globular or 

 turbinate. 



Valvata Drap* Shell turbinate, sometimes nearly dis- 

 coid; spire very short; the whorls convex; aperture 

 circular ; operculum spiral ; umbilicus pervious. 

 V, piscinalis. Sow. Man. f. 322. 



Ampullaria Lam. Shell glo- 

 bose, rarely discoid, turbinate ; 

 spire very short ; aperture ob- 

 long, pointed above, rounded 

 below. 



Ampullaria Lam. Outer lip thin ; 

 operculum horny. 



fasciata Lam. {fig. 101. a.) 



Pachylabra.f Outer lip thick- 

 ened; operculum shelly, 

 globosa^'w. Zool. 111. i. pi. 119. 



Lanites Montf. Shell reversed ; 



the body- whorl ventricose only in the middle ; outer 

 lip generally thin. 



L. Guinaica. Sow. Man. f. 319. 



Ceratodes Guild. Shell discoid ; body-whorl higher 

 than the spiral whorls ; outer lip thin ; operculum 

 horny. 



C. Cornu-Arietis. Sow. Man, f. 320. 



Paludina. Spiral; spire equal, or longer than the 

 aperture ; lips thin. 



* Affinities uncertain. 



t Pachystotna Guild., already used in Ichthyology. 



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