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124 OLDHAM : LAND AND FRESHWATER MOLLUSCA OF CHESHIRE. 



Oxton (W.J.F.). Disley(K.H.J.). Poynton, Handforth, Marple 

 Park, Pickmere Mere. 



Fam. ACICULID.E. 



Acicula lineata (Drap.). Marple; a single shell found in 1866, 



and another in 1867 (R. Standen, *J« of C.,' vol. vi, p. 162.). 



Fam. PALUDINID.li. 



Viviparus contectus (Millet). Very fine in Hampsorvs Pit, 



Baguley, whence I have taken specimens 45 mm. in length. 

 The species was introduced some thirty years ago, from the 

 Twenty Pits, Moss Side, Manchester. I have placed shells 

 from Hampson's Pit in other pits in Baguley and Brooklands, 



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Oldham). 



Viviparus viviparus (L.). Canal, Chester (Bellars) ; Canal, 



Poynton, Peak Forest Canal from Hyde to New Mills, 

 Ellesmere Canal, Bickley near Malpas; Grand Trunk Canal, 

 Marston near Northwich. 



Bythinia tentaculata (L.). Canals, brooks and ponds in many 

 places. Queen's Park, Blacon Point, and Chester Canal 

 (Bellars). Baguley, Rostherne Brook, Bollington near Bowdon 



(Milne and Oldham). 



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Canal, Poynton, Peak Forest Canal from Woodley to New 



Mould 



Quoisley and 



Meres. 



Bythinia tentaculata m. decollatum Jeff. Lostock Gralam 



(J. G. Milne, ' Naturalist/ 

 'Naturalist/ 1886, p. 79). 



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Bythinia leachii (Shepp.). Rare. Blacon Point near Chester 



(Bellars). 



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Fam. VALVAT1D.E. 



Valvata piscinalis (Mull.). Not uncommon. Blacon Point and 



Chester Canal (Bellars). Ashley, Rostherne Brook, Brooklands 

 (Milne and Oldham). Meols, Leasowe, Hoylake, West Kirby, 

 Wallasey, Birkenhead (W.J.F.). Adlington, Marston near 

 Northwich; Bar Mere, Ellesmere Canal, Bickley ; Cutting 

 between Pickmere and Budworth Meres, Marple. 



Valvata cristata Miill. Much rarer than the last. Blacon Point, 



Chester Canal (Bellars). Ditches between Leasowe and the 

 Great Meols, ditches and ponds between Upton and Greasby 

 (Byerley fide W. Webster). Pond below Noctorum (Byeriey 

 fide Cameron). Pond, Oxton (W.J.F.). Budworth Mere. 



Naturalist? 



