BULIMUS. 



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reflexed. Jaw like Helix, costate and toothed 

 (Elismia.) 



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) maroccana. Chemn. C. C. xi. 280. f. 2063, 2064. 

 Elisrnia fasciata. Leach, Moll. Syn. 79. Bulirmis 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 

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

 t. 22. f. 1. Helix bifasciata. Pulteney, 49.; Jinn. Trans. 

 viii. 210.; Turton, Diet. p. 63. Helix acuta. Mutter, 

 Verm. 110.; Dillwyn, p. 956. Lymnaea 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. Ferussac, 

 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. Bui. Soc. Moscou, vi. 415. Cochlicella 

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

 t. 3. f. 26. Cochlicellus acutus. Beck, Ind. 63. Bulimus 

 litoralis. Brumati, 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 



