cochlicellA ' 22b 



question, See Gude & Woodward, Ann. <& Mag. 



Nat. Hist., Ser. IX, vol. viii, p. 625.] 

 First recorded as British in 1891, by C. S. B. Cox (Journ. 



of Couch., vi, p. 377). Earlier citations of the 



name were due to errors of identification. 

 British Distribution in Time : Recent. 



Genus : 6. COCHLICELLA, Ferussac. 



Etyra. : — Lat. dimin. from Gr. KoxA.tas, a spiral shell. 



Type : — Helix conoidea, Draparnaud (selected by Gray in 1847). 



(Helix, Turbo, Bulimus, vett. auctt.) 



1821. Cochlicella, subg. 11 of Helix: Ferussac, Tahl. sysl. 



Liniagons, Jan. ed., p. 56 (June ed., p. 52). 

 1826. Cochlicella [as a genus] : Risso, Hist. Nat. Europ. merid., 



iv, p. 77. 

 1828. Longceva, Mhlfd. [MS. ?] : Menke, Synop. Moll, p. 15, 



in synon. 

 1831. Elismia : Leach, in'^Turton, Manual, p. 84, in synon. 



[misprinted Elisma. In the proofs of the 



Moll. Brit. Sgnop., 1819, p. 109, it is given 



as " Prideau.x MSS."]. 

 1892. Xeroacida, subg. of Xerophila : Monterosato, Atti 



Accad. Sci. Palermo, Ser. Ill, vol. ii (Classe 



Sci., no. 2), p. 25. 



1. Cochlicella acuta (Miiller).^ 

 Etym. : — Lat. acutus, pointed. 



?1758. Helix hnrhura : Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 773. 



?1767. Helix harbara : Linnaeus, o. c, ed. 12, p. 1249. 



1774. Helix acuta : Muller, Verm. Hist., ii, p. 100. 



1777. Turbo fasciatus : Pennant, Brit. Zool., ed. 4, iv, 8vo, 



p. 131; 4to, p. 114, pi. Ixxxii, f. 119. 



1778. Turbo fasciatus (Penn.) : DaCosta, Test. Brit., p. 90. 

 1789. Bulimus acutus. Nob. : Bruguiere, Ency. Mefhod., 



Vers i, p. 323. 

 1791. Helix acuta, Miill. : Gmelin, in Linn. Syst. Nat., ed. 13, 



i, pt. 6, p. 3660. 

 1799. Helix bijasciata : Pulteney, Cut. Dorset., p. 49. 

 1801 . Bulimus acutus : Draparanaud, Tahl. Moll. France, p. 68. 

 1803. Turbo fasciatus : Montagu, Test. Brit., p. 346. 



[According to Montagu {Test. Brit., Suppt., p. 132), 

 this species occurred in the Portland Collection 

 under the name of Turbo fasciaris.] 

 1805. Bulimus ac[u]tus : Draparnaud, Hist. Moll. France, 

 p. 77, pi. iv, f. 29 & 30. 



' For discussion as to the validity of this name, See Kexxabd & Wood- 

 ward, Proc. Malac. Soc. Land., xiv, 1920, p. 80. 



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