PLATE CXXXL 



HELIX H0RTENS1S. 



GARDEN SNAIL. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Aperture of the mouth contracted and lunulated. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell imperforate, globose; spotted and fasciated with brown: lip 



white. 



Helix HortensTs: testa imperforata globosa : labro albo. MulL 



ZooL Dan.—Gmel. Linn. Syst. Nat. T.l. p. 6. 



p. 3649. sp. 109. 

 Cochlea vulgaris fusca, maculata 3c fasciata. Vulgaris. Da Costa, 



Brit. Conch, p. 72. sp. 39. 

 Helix Hortensis. Garden Snail. Penn. Brit. ZooL No. 129. 



tab. M.jlg. 129. 

 Helix Lucorum. Linn. 



The Common Garden Snail is, we think, without doubt, the Helix 

 lucorum of Lmnseos, and most other writers. Gmelin calls it hor- 



