The Shell-Collector’s Handbook. 95 
TESTACELLA HALIOTIDEA, DRAPARNAUD. 
SHELL roundish-oval, ear-shaped, depressed; spire short, 
composed of one whorl and a half; suture deepish; mouth 
roundish, dilated in front. Length of shell {-2ths inch. 
_ Animal dirty yellowish-brown, spotted with red, brown, 
white or black, capable of great extension; mantle small, 
covered by the shell; back rounded with two longitudinal 
furrows, which commence from the shell and terminate 
near the head; lips capable of being extended so as to 
simulate a third pair of tentacles. 
Habitat.— Market gardens and fields. 
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Fic. 11.—Testacella Haliotidea. 
v. scutulum (Sowerby): Animal yellowish; shell nar- 
rower in front than behind. [Subvar, pallida (7. D. A. 
Cockerell): Animal pale yellowish, without markings. 
Subvar, aurea (7. D. A. Cockerell) : Animal orange, with 
brown markings. | 
TESTACELLA MAUGEI, FERUSSAC. 
SHELL larger and more cylindrical than in T. haliotidea. 
Body dark brown-coloured. 
Habitat.— Gardens and fields. 
