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Shell elcvatedly conical, thin, greenish, banded with dark green. Alt. 38, dia. 24 mm.
Alt. 44 , Dia. 29-5 mm
Locality : Bombay.
Family : Pilidae (=Ampullariidae)
Subfamily : Pilinae
7. Pila nux Reeve.
Shell oblong conoid : large, holostome with calcareous operculum—Largest of the
freshwater snails.
Locality : Bombay.
Alt. 30, dia. 23 mm.
8. Pila dolioides (Reeve)
Shell ovate, thin, spire short, sharp, aperture very large
Alt. 56, diam. 47 mm.
Locality : Bombay.
8a. Pila globosa (Swainson)
Shell globose: spire depressed : surface smooth; Aperture oblong oval :
H : 47 mm. : DM — 42 mm. : dm. 32 mm.
AH — 33 : AW — 20 mm.
Locality : Adjoining parts of Poona, Poona, Bombay and its suburbs.
Order : Pulmonanata
Sub-order : Hygrophila
Family : Limnaeidae
Sub-family : Limnaeinae
9. Limnaea accuminata (Lamarck)
Locality : Found in abundance at Khandala in pools containing acquatic vegetation.
10. Limnaea accuminata var. nana.
The shell of this form is very small and rather thick, of a blackish colour with
longitudinal striae strongly developed.
Locality : Khandala, Poona District, ca. 2,500 feet or 760 m.
11. Limnaea chlamys (Benson)
The shell has an oblique body whorl and a peculiar curvature of the outer margin of the
aperture.
FAUNA 677