PLATE CV. 



HELIX LAEVIGATA. 



SMOOTH SNAIL. 

 GENERIC CHARACTER, 



Aperture of the mouth contracted and lunulated. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Imperforate, pellucid, roundish, of two wreaths : the first very- 

 large, the second small, ohtuse, and placed laterally. 

 Helix Laevigata : testa imperforate obovata obtusissima pellucidi 



laevissima. Gmel. Linn. Si/st. Nat. T. I. p. 6. 



p. 3663. sp. 148. 

 Helix laevigata. Smoothed. Penn. Br. Zool. T. 4. t. 86. J. 139. 



Testa M. rar.f. 17. Chemn. f. 1590. 9. 



A rare Shell, found on the Kentish coast, and on the beach at Stud- 

 land, Dorsetshire. Communicated by the Rev. T. Rackett. 



Pennant considers this as a fresh water Shell, saying it inhabits 

 ponds. Gmelin is silent respecting its habitation. 



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