History of British animals - University of Guam Marine Laboratory

Helix. MOLLUSCA. PULMONIFERA. 261Cochlea cinerea albidave, fasciata, ericetorum, List. An. Ang. 126.—H.ericetorum, Mutl. Verm. ii. 33 H. albella, Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. 132.— H. er. Mont. Test. Brit. 437.—Sunny banks.Shell about fths of an inch in breadth ; white, or whitish with'dark brownbands, or brownish with whitish bands ;the upper band of the body whorlseen along the separating line of the preceding ones. Mouth rounded externally,the lips approaching internally. 3 or 4 whorls visible in the pillar cavity.Animal with a pellucid foot, tentacula clavated ; body dusky. Theshell figured by Lister, Conch, t. 78. f. 78, and so generally referred to thisspecies, is surely widely different.- 63. H. virgata.— Whorls 6, rounded, a littleproduced; pillarcavityin part covered by the lip.Cochlea alba, leviter umbilicata pluribus fasciis circumdata, claviculaproductiore, List. Conch, t. 59. f. 56 H. zonaria, var. a. Penn. Brit.Zool. iv. 137- t. 85. f. 133. a H. virg. Mont. Test. Brit. 415—H.variabilis, Drap. Moll. 84—Maritime pastures and dry banks, Englandand Ireland.Breadth about half an inch; colour whitish, with brown bands, the upperone [on the body whorl continuing along the separating line to the apex.Mouth wide at the pillar margin;peristome brown, with a white thread-likeelevation ; pillar cavity a little contracted by the lip, exhibiting only one volution.This species isvery common on the limestone rocks in the neighbourhoodof Cork." 64. H. cantiana. — Shell with 6 rounded, wrinkled, volutions,inner lip in part closingthe pillar cavity.Cochlea dilute rufescens, var. List. An. Ang. 126. Mont. Test. Brit.422. t. 22. f. 1—H. pallida, Don. Brit. Sh. t. 157- £ 2. 2. "Woods andhedges, England and Ireland.Breadth nearly an inch. Margin rounded with a whitish band ; the baseof the shell and mouth rufous ;the thickened peristome white. One whorlonly visible in the pillar cavity.- 65. H. rufescens.— Shell with 6 rufous, rounded, whorls,subcarinated on the margin, pillar cavity large.Cochlea dilute rufescens, List. An. Ang. 125, Conch, t. 71. lower fig.H. hispida, Mull. Verm. ii. 73 —H. ruf. Mont. Test. Brit. 420 Understones and moss, common.Breadth upwards of half an inch ; spire little elevated ; brown, coveredwith numerous short hairs ; finely striated by the layers of growth mouthrounded ; externally, rather narrow at the pillar, where the lip is a little reflected, pillar cavity large, rounded, exhibiting two or three volutions. Animaldusky.- 66. H. hispida.—^Shell thin ;pale coloured ; whorls five,rounded ;pillar cavity with steep sides.Mont. Test. Brit. 423. t. xxiii. f. 3. Drap. Moll. 103.— Among moss inEngland and Scotland.Breadth about $th of an inch ; it is covered with minute short hairs ; spirebut little raised ; aperture lunate, rather contracted in the middle ; the lipa little reflected on the cavity, within which, one or two volutions are visible.The shape of the mouth and pillar cavity, and the absence of a subcarina, distinguishthis species from the young of rufuscens, with which it has very frequentlybeen confounded.1