PLAT © mea. 
Cornwall, &c. The same species is found in the Mediterranean and 
the West Indies. The colours are very fine, particularly in the young 
Shells. 
EA G... ELAM. 
NERITA LITTORALIS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Shell thick, smooth vertex flat. Inner lip spread obliquely. 
NerItTA Litroraulis: T. tefta levi, vertice carioso, labiis edentulis. 
Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 1253. No. 7124. 
Nerita vulgaris, unicolor, flavus aurantiacus, vel fuscus, aut fasciatus, 
aut reticulatim variegatus. Littoralis, 
Da Costa, Br. Conch. p. 50. sp. 28. 
List. H. Conch. tab. 697, fig. 39. 
Nerita Littoralis. Strand. Pen. Br. Sool. No. 143. tab. 87. fig. 143. 
This Shell is very common on all the British coasts, particularly 
the fine yellow kinds. ‘Those with broad bands or girdles, and also 
such as are reticulated with dark greenish colour on a light ground, 
are rare varieties of this species. 
