EDIBLE BBITISH MOLLUSKS. 
SNAILS, COCKLES, RAZOE-SHELLS, ETC. 
— 
Fam. HELICIDJE. 
HELIX.^S^Alh. 
Helix pomatia^ Linnaeus, ^pple glo- 
bular^ strongs large^ covered with coarse longitudinal 
striae^ 5 volutions^ convex | spire shorty and the apex 
blunt; pale cream- colour^ with rufous bands; the colu- 
mella arched; and of a pale purplish- pink; the outer lip 
dark reddish-brown; mouth almost round. 
Helix aspersa^ Linn^us, Garden -Shell 
opaque, nearly globular, 4 to 4| volutions, the last much 
larger, occupying nearly two-thirds of the shell; mouth 
nearly ovate ; spire short, with a blunt point ; the outer 
lid white, with dark- brown bands or mottlings, subject 
to great variety of markings ; epidermis yellowish-green, 
and thick. 
Helix nemoralis, Linn^us. Shell im- 
perforate, globular, whorls 5, more or less covered with 
minute spiral striae ; mouth pyriform ; inner margin of 
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