PLATE CXXXI. 



HELIX H0RTENS1S. 



GARDEN SNAIL. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Aperture of the mouth contracted and lunulated. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell imperforate, globose; spotted and fasciated with brown: lip 



white. 



Helix Hortensis : testa imperfo rata globosa: Iabro albo. Mull. 



Zool. Dan. — Gmel. Linn. Si/st. Nat. T. I. p. 6. 



p. 3649. sp. 109. 

 Cochlea vulgaris fusca, maculata &c fasciata. Vulgaris. Da Costa, 



Brit. Conch, p. 12. sp. 39. 

 Helix Hortensis. Garden Snail. Pcnn. Brit. Zool. No. 129, 



tab. S4-. flg. 129. 

 Helix Lucorum. Linn. 



The Common Garden Snail is, we think, without doubt, the Helix 

 lucorum of Linnaeus, and most other writers. Gmelin calls it hor- 



