CONCHOLOGY, 



Genus Helix which it resembles, in having no beak at the 

 base of the mouth, but in other respects differs very much. 

 There is also a smaller species of the Pheasant Shell than 

 that which we have described, it is generally only one inch 

 and a half in length, the marking of the pattern is much 

 closer, and the spire ends rather more abruptly. These 

 shells are said to be frequently found in the fresh water 

 rivers as well as in the sea, and sometimes are found ad- 

 hering to the branches and leaves of trees which hang over 

 the stream ; if so, this certainly does in some degree join 

 them to the character of the snail, found in our rivers in 

 England, of which we have one or two species of a singu- 

 larly pointed form, with a lengthened mouth, and which 

 have not yet been described in any recent work of British 

 Conchology. 



Of the Bulimus Genus, very few shells have hitherto 

 been found in the European Seas, being generally confined 

 to the more torrid or Southern Regions of the Globe. 



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