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The Hiftory of ANIMALS. 
Buccinum conicum albefcens y ore majore ovato « 
The whitijh , conic Buccinum ., w/V/5 a larger oval mouth . 
This is about an eighth of an inch in length, but it is a very elegant and regularly 
figured fhell; it’s diameter, in the thickeft part, is equal to about a third of it’s length: 
it’s mouth is large, and of a tolerably regular oval figure, and proje&s a little from 
the verge of the fhell; the whole conftfts of five volutions, and the extremity of the 
clavicle is formed into a fine point: the colour of the whole fhell is a greyifh-white, 
with an elegant natural polifh. 
I have met with it in Rockingham-foreft in Northamptonfhire, among the mofs 
about trees. 
Buccinum heterojlrophum conicum ore ovato minore . 
The ftnall , oval-mouthed , heteroftrophous , conic Buccinum. 
This is alfo a very elegant and fingular little fhell; it approaches greatly to the fi¬ 
gure of the two former, but it’s volutions are turned the contrary way, and confe- 
quentlv it’s mouth opens in a contrary direction to them : it is about a fixth of an inch 
in length, and it’s diameter, in the largeft part, is equal to about a third of it’s length ; 
the mouth is final), and of an oval form, and is furrounded by a narrow, rounded 
lip: the whole fhell confifls of five volutions, and the clavicle is carried up to a fine 
point; the colour of the whole is a glofiy brown, without any variegation. 
I have met with this feveral times in the Weft of England: they have a way of 
building walls of rough ftone, by way of inclofures, in this part of the kingdom. I 
firft obferved this fhell, on taking off a fpecimen of the Umbilicus Veneris from one 
of thefe walls near Shepton Mallet in Somerfetfhire ; feveral of them were fixed to the 
lower part of the ftalks of that plant. 
DOLIA, GLOBOSE SHELLS. 
Dolium fuhrotundum ore maximo labiato. 
The roundijh Dolium , with a very large , labiated mouth. 
r~|pHIS is a very delicate and tender fhell ; it is indeed fo thin and brittle, that it 
j[ is not eafy to touch it without crufhing it to pieces: it is about half an inch in 
length, and nearly as much in diameter; the body is rounded and inflated, and the 
mouth extreamly large, and of a fbmewhat oval figure, furrounded with a narrow lip : 
the clavicle is fhort; it has not more than three volutions, and terminates in a fharp 
point: the colour of the whole fhell is white, without any variegation. 
I have feen this fpecies fometimes in the Weft of England, but it is not common : 
in the South of France it is frequent. - i 
Dolium elatius ore ovato nudo . 
The taller Dolium , with an oval , naked mouth . 
This is three quarters of an inch high, and but little more than a quarter of an inch 
in diameter in the largeft part: the body is of an oval form ; the mouth is pretty re¬ 
gularly oval, and is not nearly fo large as in the former fpecies, and has no lip: the 
clavicle has three volutions, and terminates in fine a fharp point: the colour is an ele¬ 
gant pale yellow, much refembling that of the peel of a lemon ; and the fhell is fo 
extrearrfly thin, that it is not eafy to handle it without deftroying it. 
It is frequent in the woods of France, but we have it not native in England. 
The other fpecies of Doha are, i. The larger, thicker, fhelled, brown Dolium, 
2. The larger, thicker, fhelled, white and reddifh Dolium. 3. The large, very thin, 
fheiled, bluifh Dolium. 4. The lefler variegated yellow and brown Dolium, with the 
fhell exneamly thin. 5. The lefler, brown and purple Dolium, with a fbmewhat 
thicker fhell. 6. The lefler, thick, white Dolium, with a blue rim to the mouth. 
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