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Genus //. ACME. 



A. LINEATA (lined). 



Cylindrical, light brown, slightly transparent, rather 

 glossy, deeply striate in the line of growth ; whorls six to 

 seven ; spire blunt ; suture distinct ; mouth pear-shaped ; 

 umbilicus very small ; operculum horny. 



This, the most minute of operculated land shells, 

 though widely distributed throughout all the British 

 Isles, is local. It may be found in woods, under stones, 

 and on decaying leaves. 



It is said to be gregarious. 



Var. alba. White or colourless and transparent. 



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