202 



Gulnaria auricularia. Leach, Mollusc, p. 148.; Hartm. 

 Gaster. t. 16. Turbo patulus. Da Costa, B. C. 95. t. 6. 

 f. 17. 



Younger: Lymneus acutus. Jeffreys, Trans. Linn. Soc. xvi. 

 373. Lymnseus pereger, var. acuta. Gray, Man. t. 11. 

 f. 1 1 . d. Limnea canalis. Dupuy, Moll. Franc. 482. t. 22. 

 f. 2. Limneus acronicus. Stuaer. L. ampullaceus. Ross. 

 Icon. f. 124. Gulnaria ampla. Hartm. Gast. t. 5. Limneus 

 Hartmanni. Studer. Gulnaria Hartmanni. Hartm. Gast. 

 t. 7. Gulnaria Monnardii. Hartm. Gait. t. 6. 



In stagnant and slow waters. 



Animal dull greenish yellow ; tentacles speckled 

 with brighter spots. (Sturm, t. 38.) 



Shell an inch long, and three quarters wide, thin, 

 brittle, transparent, of a light yellow horn-colour, 

 more or less distinctly striate longitudinally ; spire 

 composed of four volutions, the three terminal ones 

 very small; aperture very large, somewhat oval, 

 with the outer lip expanded ; pillar with a strong 

 fold, the lip reflected and forming a slight hollow 

 behind it. 



The eggs are scarcely different from those of L. 

 stagnalis. (See Pfeiffer, t. 7. f. 8.) 



91. 2. LIMNEUS pereger. Puddle Mud Shell- 

 Shell ventricose, more or less striate, with a 

 moderately short acute spire, (p. 419. f. 6, 7. 

 t. 9. f. 101.) 



Buccinum peregrum. Mutter, Verm. ii. 130. Bulimus pere- 

 ger. Brug. E. M. 301. Helix peregra. Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 

 3659 ; Mont. p. 373. t. 16. f. 2. Helix putris. Penn. B. Z. 

 iv. f. 137.; Turt. Diet. p. 67. Lymnaea putris. Flem. Ed. 

 Ency. vii. 77. Limneus pereger. Drap. p. 50. t. 2. f. 34. 

 37.; Jeffreys, Linn. Trans, xvi. 374. ; Turton, Man. ed. 1. 

 118. f. 101.; Forbes and Hanley, B. M. iv. 165. t. 123. 

 f. 3 7. Lymnaea peregra. Lamarck, vi. ii. p. 161. 

 Gulnaria peregra. Leach, Syn. Moll. 106. t. 2. f. 4, 5. 



