BULIMUS. 
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refiexed. Jaw like Helix^ costate and toothed 
(Elismia.) 
66. 3. Bulimus acutus. Banded Twist Shell. — 
Shell oblong, rather acute, coarsely wrinkled or 
striate, generally whitish, with brown streaks 
or bands, (t. 6. f. 67.) 
Helix barbara. Linn. S. N. ed. 12. 1241. (?) — Turbo (Turri- 
cula) maroccana. Chemn. C. C. xi. 280. f. 2063, 2064. — 
Elismia fasciata. Leach, Moll. Syn. 79. ■— Bulimus acutus. 
Brug. E. M. f. 323. ; Drap. p. 77. t. 4. f. 29, 30. ; Jeffreys, 
Linn. Trans, xvi. 346. ; Rossm. Icon, vi. f. 378. ; Forbes and 
Hanley, B. M. iv. 86. t. 128. f. 5. t. G G G. f. 6. — Turbo 
fasciatus. Pennant, B. Z. i. 31. t. 8. f. 119. ; Mont. p. 346. 
t. 22. f. 1. — Helix bifasciata. Pulteney, 49.; Linn. Trans, 
viii. 210. ; Turton, Diet. p. 63. — Helix acuta. Muller, 
Verm. 110.; Dillwyii, p. 956. — Lymnma fasciata. Flem. Ed, 
Ency. vii. 78. — Bulimus fasciatus. Turton, Man. ed. 1. 
t. 84. f. 67. — Bulimus ventricosus. Turton, Man. ed. 1. t. 84. 
f. 69., not Drap. — Helix (Cochlicella) acuta. Ferussac, 
Prod. n. 378. — Helix cretacea. Chemn. C. ix. 190. f. 1268, 
— Bulimus articulatus. Lamk. H. vii. 234. ; Deless. Rec. 
Coq. t. 28. f. 8. (not Turton, Man. ed. 1.). — Bulimus Tur- 
ritella. Andrz. Bui. Soc. Moscou, vi. 415. — Cochlicella 
meridionalis, and C. Turricula. Risso, Eur. Merid. iv. 78. 
t. 3. f. 26. — Cochlicellus acutus. Beck, Ind. 63. — Bulimus 
litoralis. Brumati, Cat. 34. f. 9. — Bulimus variabilis. Hart- 
mann; Sturm, Fauna, vi. t. 12. 
On sandy maritime pastures, or calcareous soils, in 
the west of England and Wales, Ireland and Scot- 
land, especially near the sea. 
Animal pale yellowish ; upper tentacles long, su- 
bulate, lower very short; jaw with four ribs and 
strong teeth. 
Shell half an inch or rather more in length, and 
about a third as much broad, oblong, semitransparent, 
variously marked, but always coarsely wrinkled lon- 
gitudinally, and sometimes of a greyish colour with 
