BULIMUS. 153 



reflexed. Jaw like Helix, costate and toothed 

 (EKsmia.) 



66. 3. BuLiMUS acutus. Banded Twist Shell. — 

 Shell oblong, rather acute, coarsely wrinkled or 

 striate, generally whitish, with brown streaks 

 or bands, (t. 6. f. 67.) 



Helix barbara. Linn. S. N. ed. 12. 1241. (?) — Turbo (Turri- 

 cula) maroecana. Chenm. C. C. xi. 280. f. 2063, 2064. — 

 Elismia fasciata. Leach., Moll. Syn. 79. — Bulimus acutus. 

 Brug. E. M. f. 323. ; Drap. p. 77. t. 4. f. 29, 30. ; Jeffreys, 

 Linn. Trans, xvi. 346. ; Rossm. Icon. vi. f. 378. ; Forbes and 

 Hanley, B. M. iv. 86. t. 128. f. 5. t. G G G. f. 6. — Turbo 

 fasciatiis. Pennant, B. Z. i. 31. t. 8. f. 119. ; Mont. p. 346. 

 t. 22. f. 1. — Helix bifosciata. Pulteney, 49.; Linn. Trans. 

 viii. 210. ; Tiirton, Did. p. 63. — Helix acuta. Miiller, 

 Verm. 110.; Dillniyu, p. 956. — Lymnasa fasciata. Flem. Ed. 

 Ency. vii. 78. — Bulimus fasciatus. Turton, Man. ed. 1. 

 t. 84. f. 67. — Bulimus ventricosus. Turton, Man. ed. 1. t. 84. 

 f. 69., not Drap. — Helix (Cochlicella) acuta. Fernssac, 

 Prod. n. 378.— Helix cretacea. Chemn. C. ix. 190. f. 1268. 

 — Bulimus articulatus. Lamk. H. vii. 234. ; Deless. Rec. 

 Coq. t. 28. f. 8. (not Turton, Man. ed. 1.). — Bulimus Tur- 

 ritella. Andrz. Bid. Soc. 3Ioscou, vi. 415. — Cocblicella 

 meridionalis, and C. Turricula. Risso, Eur. Merid. iv. 78. 

 t. 3. f. 26. — Cochlicellus acutus. Beck, hid. 63. — Bulimus 

 litoralis. Bruinati, Cat. 34. f. 9. — Bulimus variabilis. Hart- 

 mann ; Sturm, Fauna, vi. t. 12. 



On sandy maritime pastures, or calcareous soils, in 

 the west of England and Wales, Ireland and Scot- 

 land, especially near the sea. 



Animal pale yellowish ; upper tentacles long, su- 

 bulate, lower very short; jaw with four ribs and 

 strong teeth. 



Shell half an inch or rather more in length, and 

 about a third as much broad, oblong, semitransparent, 

 variously marked, but always coarsely wrinkled lon- 

 gitudinally, and sometimes of a greyish colour with 



