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47, min. 39, alt. 39 mill. Animal warty, varying in colour 
from yellowish-grey to pale brown; mantle trilobed. 
Habitat.— Woods and hedgerows in chalky districts. 
v.albida (Moq.): Shell whitish, unicolour. 
v. Sinistralis (Paétel): Spire reversed. 
HELIX ASPERSA, MULLER. 
SHELL conoid, globose, wrinkled, yellowish-brown, marked 
with darker bands which are interrupted at intervals by 
white or yellowish streaks; whorls four to four and a 
half, convex, the body whorl being proportionally large ; 
spire short, blunt; aperture oval, lunate; peristome re- 
flected; umbilicus indistinct. Diam. maj. 41, min. 32, 
alt. 32 mill. Animal dark brown with white specks. 
Habitat.—W oods, gardens, and fields. 
v. conoidea (Picard): Shell an elongated cone, thin, 
fragile; mouth small. (=var 4, Picard. Moll. Somme, 
1840, p. 181). 
v. globosa (Mog.): Shell larger, nearly globular. 
v. undulata (Moq.): Shell smaller, very thin, trans- 
