History of British animals - University of Guam Marine Laboratory

266 MOLLUSCA. PULMONIFERA. Bulimus.Buccinura exiguum, quinque anfractum, mucrone acuto, List. An. Ang.122—Helix lubrica, Mull. Verm. ii. 104. Mont. Test. Brit. 390.—Bui. lub. Drap. Moll. 75.—-In moist woods, common.Lenth |th inch ; breadth one-third of its length ; whorls five or six, nearlysmooth. Mouth a little oblique, margin white, or with a rosy tinge.84. B. tuberculatus.— Mouth with a single tubercle on thebody-whorl, near the outer angle.Turton, Zool. Journ. No. vii. 363. t xiii, f. 4, — Pershore, Worcestershire.Length J an inch ; breadth j^ths. Shell oval, oblong, with six whorls,rather flat, of a whitish colour ; the lower half of the body-whorl, as well asthe slightly reflected peristome, milk-white ;a small pillar- cavity.* Natio-alized Species.1. B. Goodallii.—"A subperforated, turrited, pellucid, pale,corneous or almost white shell, having from six to seven volutions,and an ovate aperture.11" Helix Goodalli," Miller, Ann. PhiL xix. 381— Pine-beds, Bristol.Length upwards of -,35 ths of an inch; the whorls rather flat, sometimeseight in number ; separating line distinct ; finely striated across by wavedlines of growth. This is the Cochlicella clavulus of Ferrussac We are indebtedto Mr Miller for publishing a notice of this curious species. MrThomas Drummond, in a letter now before me, says, " The Helix Goodalliiwas first pointed out by me in 1810, when I was in the habit of feedingthem, and when I wanted a supply, I merely placed a flat board upon tbesurface of the tan, and left two or three small worms beneath it (dead onesof course), and I never saw it fail of being covered with them in a few days."2. B. dccollatus.— Shell subcylindrical, truncated at the apex.Buccinum album clavicula productiore fere abrupta, List. Conch, t. xvii.f. 12 Bui. decoll. Drap. Moll. 76.Dr Turton gives the following notice respecting this " species: Bulimusdecollatus was observed to breed in great abundance, formany successiveyears, in the green-house at Watton, in the south of Devon, the seat of H.Studdy, Esq., lodged in the earth, under the wood-work, whence they wanderedabroad in the summer. This wood-work and the earth were removed,and replaced with stone, by which the colony was lost ; and all that werewe owe to the care of Mrs Griffiths and Miss Hill."— Zool. Journ.Preservedfo. viii. 565.EXTINCT SPECIES.1. B. ellipticus.— Elliptical, elongated, rather obtuse, longitudinally ribbed ;ribs numerous, very small, straight ; aperture small, twice as long as wide,upon the left side. — Sower. Min. t. 337 Fresh-water Formation, Isle ofWight2, B. costillatus Ovate, rather acute, longitudinally costated ; costa? small,numerous; aperture elongated, acute above. — Sower. Min. Conch, t. 366.—Fresh-water Formation, Isle of Wight.3