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

 limosa. Pulteney, Dorset. 48. ; Dillwyn, p. 965. Lucerna 

 putris. Oken, Lehrb. N. iii. 312. 1815. Bulimus succineus. 

 Brug. E. Meth. i. 308. Cochlohydra putris. Per. 

 Lymnea succinea. Flem. Edinb. Ency. vii. 77. Tapada 

 putris. Studer, Schw. Conch, ii. Neritosoma vetula. Klees, 

 M. ost. 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 Coxe's Travels, iii. 438. Suc- 

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

 Succinea amphibia b. 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 Mulleri (3. 

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

 Suec. 41. Succinea amphibia y and fl; Drap. Mollusc, f. 

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

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

 may, Moll. Aberd. 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. 41 

 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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