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NOTES ON THE BRITISH LAND AND FRESHWATER SHELLS 

 Collected by the late Mr. THOMAS GLOVER. 



By His Daughter, MARIA GLOVER. 



(Read before the Society, April nth, igo6). 



Mr. J. Wilfrid Jackson, of Manchester, whilst on a visit to 

 Southport recently, called to see my father's collection of shells, and 

 incidentally mentioned that a few notes on the British land and 

 freshwater species contained therein would be much appreciated by 

 the members of the Conchological Society, especially as my father 

 never published any of his observations. Acting on his suggestion I 

 have made out the following alphabetically arranged list, with the 

 habitats and the approximate dates when the shells were collected, 

 and hope the same may not be uninteresting. 



I think my father began to take an interest in conchology about the 

 year 182 1, when he went to reside at Sharston, near Manchester, and 

 became acquainted with several conchologists there, and he retained 

 a keen interest in the study as long as he lived. 



In my list I have kept to the old names used by my father and 

 have placed, where necessary, the modern names in brackets imme- 

 diately following them. My father's actual notes are copied verbatim 

 and are initialled T.G. For many years prior to his death I entered 

 keenly into his conchological pursuits and accompanied him on many 

 of his excursions. Where dates are missing the year when the species 

 were collected is uncertain. 



Ancylus fluviatilis MillL—Noxy fine in Bassenthwaite Lake; 

 also in the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, 1835. 



A. [Acroloxus] lacustris Linm. — "Found frequently on the 

 stems of Typha and other aquatic plants about Blackpool and 

 Freckleton, Lanes., 1824. — T.G." 



Azeca tridens {Pult.). — ^On stones near the Ribble at Gisburn 

 Park, Yorks., not common, 1830. 



Achatina [Caecilioides] acicula {Miiiler). — Walls of Hastings 

 Castle, 1842. 



Balea perversa {Li fine). — On apple and willow trees at Freckle- 

 ton, Lanes., 1828. 



Bulimus obscurus {Midi.) [=Ena obscura]. — Near Lancaster, 

 1831. 



B. fasciatus Turton [=Helicella barbara (Z.)].— Llandudno 

 and Tenby, 1838. On the beach between Rossall and Fleetwood, 

 Lanes, 



