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succinea. Miiller, V. ii. 296.; Turt Diet. p. 67. — Helix 

 Hmosa. Pulteney, Dorset. 48.; Dillwyn, p. 965. — Lucerna 

 piitris. Oken., Lehrb. N. iii. 312. 1815. — Bulimus succineus. 

 Brug. E. Meth. i. 308. — Cochloliydra putris. Fer. — 

 Lymnea succinea. Flem. Edinh. Ency. vii. 77. — Tapada 

 putris. Studer, Schw. Conch. \\. — Neritosoma vetula. Klees, 

 M. est. 55. t. 3. f. 70. 1753. — Amphibina putris. Hartm. N. 

 Alp. i. 247. 



Var. a, more slender, t. 4. f. 74, 74*. 



Helix angusta. Studer, in Coxes Travels, iii. 438. — Suc- 

 cinea putris, var. a. Jeffreys, Linn. Trans, xvi. 325. 505. — 

 Succinea amphibia h. Pfeiffer, 67. t. 3. f. 37. — Succinea 

 oblonga. Leach, Moll. MSS. ; Turton, Man. ed. 1. 1. 4. f. 74.; 

 Alder, Cat. 6. n. 20. (not Drap.) — Succinea Miilleri (i. 

 Leach, Moll. Syn. 58. — Succinea amphibia. Nilson, Moll. 

 Suec. 4\. — Succinea amphibia y and d ; Drap. Mollusc, f. 

 23. — Succinea Pfeifferi. Rossm. Icon. t. 92. f. 46. ; Gray, 

 Man. t. 4. f. 74. — Succinea putris, var. gracilis. Macgilli- 

 vray, Moll. Aherd. 99.; Forbes and Hanley, B. M. iv. 133. — 

 Succinea intermedia. Bean, MSS. — Succinea gracilis. 

 Alder, Mag. Zool. and Bot. ii. 106. ; Johnst. Berw. N. H. 

 Club, 1838. — Succinea levantina. Desh. Lam. Hist. ed. 2. 

 vi. 317.? — Amphibulina putris, var. Hartm. in Sturm, t. 6, 

 7. — Succinea amphibia /3. Philippi. 



In marshes, on aquatic plants, in most parts of 

 England. 



Animal grey, spotted ; tentacles rugose. 



Shell, when containing the animal, blue-black; 

 about three quarters of an inch long, and p- ^^ 

 half as much broad, of a greenish, amber, or 

 orange-yellow colour, very thin and trans- 

 parent ; spire composed of three volutions, 

 the first extremely large and inclining a 

 little obliquely ; the two upper ones very 

 small, and ending rather obtusely ; aperture cover- 

 ing three fourths of the shell ; pillar spiral, visible 

 internally to the end or apex. 



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