956 HELIX. 



TELLA. 155. Shell imperforate, ovate-oblong, acu- 

 minated, transversely striated, and brown 

 with yellow bands. 



Helix Pella. Limiaus Si/st. Nat. p. 1248. Gmelin, p. 

 3634. 



Inhabits Iceland. Linncens. 



Linnaeus, on the authority of Zoega, has given the following 

 description, and this species has not been noticed by any 

 subsequent author : " Shell ovate-oblong, reddish brown, 

 decumbent, of the size of a seed of a Lithospermum, and 

 the whirls transversely striated ; the body-whirl has two 

 bands, and the others only a single one at their bases ; aper- 

 ture semi-ovate." 



ACUTA. 156. Shell turreted, oblong, coarse, with 

 one or two transverse bands near the base, 

 and the aperture roundish-ovate. 



Helix acuta. Muller Verm. ii. p. 100. 

 Helix bifasciata. Pulteney Dorset Cat. p. 49, and New 

 Edit. p. 35. t. 18. f. 8 and 10. Maton and Racket, in 

 Lin. Trans, viii. p. 210. 

 Turbo fasciatus. Pennant Zool. iv. p. 131. t. 82. f. 119- 

 Da Costa Brit. Conch, p. 90. Donovan, i. t. 18. Mon- 

 tagu Test. p. 346. t. 22. f. 1. 

 Bulimus acutus. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 323. 

 Lider Conch, t. ig. f. 14. Gualter, t. 4. f. I. 

 Inhabits sandy places in the neighbourhood of the sea. Great 

 Britain. Lister. Italy. Muller. Barbary. Poiret. Dau- 

 phiny. Bn/guiere. 

 Shell Jibout half an inch long, and rather more than one-third 

 as 1-. oad, of a greyish white colour, slightly striated longitu- 

 dinal »y, and marked with one or two transverse brownish 

 bands on the base of the body-whirl ; it has seven or eight 

 slightly convex whirls, which are somewhat wrinkled, and 

 have rather a coarse appearance. There does not appear to 

 me to be any doubt that this is Muller's //. acuta, and that 

 Chemnitz's fig. 1224 is a different species. 



CARINULA. 157. Shell conical-turreted, shining-, 

 with five transverse and other longitudinal 

 lines on the whirls ; body-whirl slightly keel- 

 ed at the base, and the aperture roundish. 



Helix Carinula. Gmelin, p. 3655. 



