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BULIMUS. 
Buttmus, Scopoli, Bruguiére, Delamarck, De Mont- 
fort. 
Burra, Martini. 
CHARACTER GENERICUS. 
Testa univalvis ovalis vel oblongo-ovalis: spira elevata : 
anfractus ultimus maximus: 03 integrum subovale : 
columella levis, simplex: labium externum crassum, 
externe marginatum ; internum ultra medium ca- 
vernoso-inflexum. 
ANIMAL trachelipodum, corpore spirali, pede com- 
presso ad cervicis basin inferiorem: capite tentaculis 
quatuor ineequalibus, superioribus longioribus, ocu- 
ligeris, os breve: mandibulis duabus validis: oper- 
culum nullum. 
BULIMUS. 
GENERIC CHARACTER- 
Shell univalve, oval or oblong-oval: spire elevated: basal 
whirl very large: mouth entire, somewhat oval: pillar 
smocth, simple: external lip thick, externally margined ; 
internal lip beyond the middle inflected, with a hollow be- 
neath. 
ANIMAL with a compressed foot at the inferior base of 
the neck; body spiral; head with four tentacula, the 
upper ones longest bearing the eyes; mouth short, with 
two strong jaws; no operculum. 
The shells of this genus, which are named by the French 
collectors, fausse oreille de Midas, inhabit the land, living 
amongst rocks and trees on various kinds of yegetable food. 
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