PLATE XVI. 



FIG. n. II. 

 NERITA FLUVIATILIS. 



RIVER NERIT. 

 SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Small, spotted, streaked, and reticulated. 



Nerita Fluviatilis ; N. testa rugosa labiis edentulis. — Linn % 



Syst. Nat. p. 125. 3. No. 723. 

 Nerita parvus fluviatilis, elegantur maculatus, fasciatus, aut reticu- 



culatus. Flaviatilis. Da Costa Br. Conch, 



p. 48. Sp. 27. 

 Nerita fluviatilis, e coeruleo virescens, maculatus, operculo sub- 



rufo lunato et aculeato datus. List. H. An, 



Anglp. 136. tit. 20. tab. 2. fig. 20. 

 Nerita fluv. exiguus, recticulate variegatus. Small netted Thames 



nerit. Muf. Petiv. p. 67. No. 718, 

 Nerita fluviatilis, River. Penn, Br. Zool. No. 142. tab. SI. fig, 142. 



This species is very frequent in rivers. It is small ; of an ovoid 

 shape, and very elegantly variegated with black, white, red, green, 

 &c, — The star denotes the natural size of the shell. 



