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genville, Davila, and Meufchen, Cochleae 

 Lunares, or round mouthed Snails, and 

 Linn^us, Turbo. 



There is a vafl: number of fpecies of 

 this genus, moft part very fine Shells. 

 Among them is the Gold Mouth, the Sil- 

 ver Mouth, the Serpents Skin, the Midas 

 Ear, Land Snail, &c. And If that valuable 

 Shell the Wentletrap proves not to be a 

 Vermiculus Penecillus, as I have hinted 

 above, then it is a Shell of this genus. 



It is an anecdote of the Wentletrap 

 worthy to be tranfmitted, as it fhevvs the 

 value of particular fpecies at times, that 

 in 1753, at the fale of Commodore LiOe*s 

 Shells at Langford's, four Wentletraps 

 were fold for feventy-five pounds twelve 

 Ihillings, viz. 



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