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extremely elongated, slender. Inhabits lakes and rivers 

 throughout the ■vrarnier parts of the world, retiring deep into the 

 mud in the diy season, and capable of sui-yiying a drought, or 

 remoyal from the water for many years. In the lake Mareotis, 

 and at the mouth of the Indus, ampullaria^ are abundant, mixed 

 wi th marine shells. Their eggs are large, enclosed in capsules, 



Fig. 110. Ampullarm globosa, (Wilton.) 



and aggregated in globular masses. The dentition of ^. glohosa 

 is shown in Fig. 110. 



Distrilution, 136 species. South America, West Indies, Africa, 

 India. 



Suh-genera. Pomus, Humph. A. ampullacea. Operculum 

 horny. 



Marisa, Gray (ceratodes, Guilding). A. comu-arietes (PI. IX., 

 Fig. 31). Operculum horny. Shell discoidal. 



Asolene, D'Orbigny. A. platte. Animal "without a respiratory 

 sijDhon ; operculum shelly. Distribution, South America. 



Lanistes, Montf. A. bolteniana, L. (PL IX., Fig. 32). SMI 

 reversed, umbilicated, peristome thin ; operculum horny. Bis- 

 trihution, "West Africa, Zanzibar, Nile. 



Meladomus, Sw. Paludina olivacea, Sby. Shell reversed, 

 imperforate ; peristone thin ; operculum horny. 



? Amphibola, Schumacher. 



Synonyms, Ampullacera, Quoy. Thallicera, Sw. 



Type, A. australis (PI. IX., Fig. 33). 



Shell globular, with an uneven, battered surface ; columella 

 fissured ; outer lip channeled near the suture ; operculum horny, 

 sub-spiral. Animal without tentacles; eyes placed on round 

 lobes ; air-breathing ; respiratory cavity closed, except a small 

 valvular opening on the right side ; a large gland occupies the 

 position of the gill of j)aludina; sexes united. (Quoy.) Mr. 

 Gray places this genus amongst the true puhnonifera. 



Distrihidion, 3 species. Shores of New Zealand and the Pacific 

 Islands. The living shells sometimes have serpidce attached to 

 them. (Cuming.) They are eaten by the New Zealanders. 



