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less globose, hairs more liable to fall off, and in con- 
sequence the shell often appears glabrous; umbilicus 
wider. Animal reddish-brown, minutely tuberculated ; 
foot narrow. 
Habitat—Under stones, among ‘nettles and Arum 
maculatum, as well as at the roots of grass in moist 
places. 
v. minor (Jeff.): Shell smaller and white; spire 
more depressed than usual. (B.C. vol. 1, p. 197.) 
v. albida (Jeff.): Shell white. (B.C. vol. 1., p. 197.) 
HELIX HISPIDA, LINN. 
SHELL depressed, suborbiculate, thin, semitransparent, 
transversely striated, yellowish-brown, epidermis covered 
with fine white recurved hairs; whorls six to seven, con- 
vex, the body-whorl comprising one-third of the shell; 
spire somewhat raised, blunt ; aperture semilunar, oblique, 
sometimes provided with an internal rib ; umbilicus small, 
narrow, deep. Diam. maj. 10; min. 9; alt. 52 mill. 
Animal greyish-brown or slate-colour, mottled with black 
tubercles speckled with milk-white ; foot thick, yellowish- 
white. 
Habitat—Among moss, grass, and under stones in 
shady places. 
v. subrufa (Mog.): Shell thicker, reddish, glabrous. 
(=v. f. Drap. Hist. Moll. 1805, p. 104—var. a minor, 
Picard, Moll. Somme, 1840, p. 228.) 
v. fusca (Menke): Shell light brown in colour. 
v.nana (Jeff.): Shell much smaller but with a strong 
labial rib; spire depressed. (B.C. vol. 1, p. 199.) 
v. Subglobosa (Jeff.): Shell more globular, and much 
thinner, horn-colour or white; umbilicus very small. 
(B. C. vol. 1, p. 199.) 
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