PLATE LXXXIV. 



HELIX POMATIA. 



ITALIAN OR EXOTIC SNAIL* 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Aperture of the mouth contracted and lunulated. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell globose, with five spires, and umbilicated ; whitish fasciated 

 with brown. Mouth rather roundish. 



Helix Pomatia: testa umbilicata subovata obtusa decolore, aper- 

 tura subrotundo-lunata. Gmel. Linn. Syst. Xat. 

 p. 3627. sp. 47. Fn. Suec. 1283. 



Cochlea magna cinereo rufescens, fasciata, leviter umbilicata. Po- 

 matia. Da Costa. Br. Conch, p. 67. sp. 38. tab. 

 4. Jig. 14. 14. 



Cochlea cinerea, maxima, edulis, cujus os operculo crasso velut 

 Gypseo per hyemem clauditur. Pomatia. Gesn. 

 de Aquat. pp. 644. 255. 



Cochlea cinereo rufescens, fasciata, leviter umbilicata. Pomatia 

 Gesneri. List. II. Conch, tab. 48. fig. 46. 

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