SUCCINEA. 
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succinea. Muller^ F. ii. 296. ; Turt. Diet. p. 67. — Helix 
limosa. Fulteney., Dorset. 48. ; Dillwyn, p. 965. — Lucerna 
putris. Oken.^ LeJirh. N. iii. 312. 1815. — Bulimus succineus. 
Drug. E. Meth. i. 308.- — Cochlohydra putris. Fer. — 
Lymnea succinea. Flem. Edinh. Ency. vii. 77. — Tapada 
putris. Studer., Schw. Conch, u. — Neritosoma vetula. Klees., 
M. ost. 55. t. 3. f. 70. 1753. — Amphibina putris. Hartm. N. 
Alp. i. 247. 
Var. a, more slender, t. 4. f. 74, 74*. 
Helix angusta. Studer., in Coxe'^s Travels., iii. 438. - — Suc- 
cinea putris, var. a. Jeffreys., Linn. Trans, xvi. 325. 505.^ — 
Succinea amphibia 5. Pfeiffer., 67. t. 3. f. 37.- — Succinea 
oblonga. Leach., Moll. MSS. ; Turton., Man. ed. 1. 1. 4. f. 74.; 
Alder., Cat. 6. n. 20. (not Drap.) — Succinea Mulleri p. 
Leach., Moll. Syn. 58. — Succinea amphibia. Nilson^ Moll. 
Suec. 41. — Succinea amphibia y and Drap. Mollusc, f. 
23. — Succinea Pfeifferi. Rossm. Icon. t. 92. f. 46. ; Gray., 
Man. t. 4. f. 74. — Succinea putris, var. gracilis. Macgilli- 
vray, Moll. Aherd. 99.; Forbes and Hanley., B. M. iv. 133.—“ 
Succinea intermedia. Bean., MSS. — Succinea gracilis. 
Alder., Mag. Zool. and Bot. ii. 106. ; Johnst. Berw. H. H. 
Club, 1838. — Succinea ievantina. Desh. Lam. Hist. ed. 2. 
vi. 317.? — Amphibulina putris, var. Hartm. in Sturm., t. 6, 
7. — Succinea amphibia (3. Philippi. 
In marshes^ on aquatic plants^ in most parts of 
England. 
Animal grey^ spotted ; tentacles rugose. 
Shell, when containing the animal, blue-black ; 
about three quarters of an inch long, and 
half as much broad, of a greenish, amber, or 
orange-yellow colour, very thin and trans- 
parent ; spire composed of three volutions, 
the first extremely large and inclining a 
little obliquely ; the two upper ones very 
small, and ending rather obtusely ; aperture cover- 
ing three fourths of the shell; pillar spiral, visible 
internally to the end or apex. 
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