116 THE ELEMENTS 



Inhabits South America, and the 

 shores of the West India islands. 



Linn. Syst. Naturae, page 1209. 



Turton's Linne, vol. 4th, page 420. 



D Spire, /front, NNN the outer 

 lip, O pillar-lip, Q canal or gutter. 



Fig. 9th.— TURBO TEREBRA. 

 Rubbed through in the back to show 

 the pillar or columella. 



Linn. Trans, vol. viii. page 176. 



.FBody, M MM columella. 



Fig. 10th.— HELIX PUTRIS- 

 Shell sub-pellucid, and horn-coloured; 

 spire with four volutions; the body 

 tumid and large, apex very small ; 

 apex fine and pointed, wrinkled longi- 

 tudinally ; aperture oval and large, 

 outer-lip very thin ; outside covered 

 with a dusky epidermis, inside pale, 

 yellow, and very glossy. 



Common in most ponds, ditches, &c. 

 Linn. Trans, vol. viii. page 219. 

 G The back, lithe venter, L whorl 

 or volution. 



