BULXMUS. Scopoli , Lamarck , fyc. 
Gen. Char. An nnivalved, subturreted, ovate 
or oblong shell ; aperture longitudinal, en- 
tire, longer than wide, with the edge of the 
outer lip reflected when old ; columella 
smooth, neither truncated nor expanded at 
the base ; no operculum. 
A. genus of shells belonging to land animals, very 
closely allied to those of the genus Helix, and equally 
destitute of opercula ; it is well distinguished by the 
longitudinal position of its entire aperture, the inner lip 
of which is closely applied to the columella, and the edge 
of the outer one, when fully formed, reflected ; the want 
of an operculum is also of importance, but is not gene- 
rally useful, because it is a negative character not easily 
proved. 
The species are numerous, the warm climates supply- 
ing many large kinds, but the temperate chiefly small 
and even minute ones : there are several fossil species 
described by Lamarck as found near Paris. 
The Bulimus roseus, a species 4 inches long, is said 
by Montfort to be excellent food. 
