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Limax: This is no uncommon Shell; it is there¬ 
fore needlefs to enlarge on it, the Specimens ex¬ 
hibited will give the Reader a fufficient Idea of it. 
Cochlea Sea, Land, and frefh Water Snails; 
thcfe are a fpiral Shell, with a depreffed Clavicle, 
are umbilicated and have a Surface fometimes 
fmooth, but more frequently furrowed or covered 
with Tubercles; the Mouth of this Kind of Shell 
is circular. Among the Specimens under this Ti¬ 
tle are, the Belted Snail, the Ribbon Snail, the 
Cornu Ammonis Cochlea, fome very curious Snails, 
whole fpiral Turns are reverfed, and others are 
dentated ; and in a few the fpiral Turns of the 
Shell are in Part covered by the laft Volu ion. 
Nerita are a Kind of femicircular mouthed (fe- 
milunaris) Cochlea, often dentated; fame have 
exerted Apices, others depreffed, and many of them 
are umbilicated ; they generally inhabit Caverns on 
the Sides of Rocks where the Fifh flick fail to the 
Stone. Of the Specimens fome are fafciaied, others 
reticulated, and in Colour various, as white, green, 
black, and yellow : Among them are many that 
are called Bead Shells, and others Pea Shells. 
Trochi , Top Shells, fo called from fome fmall 
Refemblance they bear to a Boy’s Top. They are 
a Kind of Cochlea, fomewhat approaching to the 
Form of a Cone, but the Summit fometimes more 
depreffed, and they are not unfrequently dentated ; 
the Infide of the Shell is of a molt beautiful Mo¬ 
ther of Pearl Colour; fome are rough, others 
fmooth, fafciated, or wavy; of all which there 
are Specimens, as well as of the prickly Trochus or 
Spur Shell from the Eaft Indies , and many others. 
Buecina , Trumpet Shells. This Kind of Shell 
refembles in Form the Trumpet, as it is reprefent- 
ed in old Sculptures and Paintings: It is a fpiral 
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