Illustrations of the recent conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with the description and localities of all the species, marine, land and fresh water

30 MOLLUSCA. [TRACHELIPODA mountain of Cromaglaun, near thc lakes of Killarney, Ireland. In his cabinet, and thosc of William Thompson, Esq., Mr. H d d Dr Drummond of Delfast, and Robert Ball, yn man, an • Esq., Dublin, GEsus 38,-AMPIIIPEPLEA,-Nilson. Shcll subornte, ncarly globular, very thin, membranaceous, ancl flexible; body extrcmcly large; spire ,·cry small, and sub- acule; outer lip not continuous, slightly inílatcd abovc, and acule at the base; .pillar lip provided with a single plait, or twist, and a liltle reflectcd on the base of the columella. 1. PHYSA I'ONTINALIS, pi. XIV, f. 54, 55.-First Ed., pi. 41, f. 5,1, 55, Physajontinalis, Drapernaud, p. 54, pi. 3, f. 8, 9; Lamarck, An. San. Vert., VI, pt. 2nd, p. 156; Pfcilfer, p. 94, pi. 4, f. 28; Brard, p. 167, pi. 7, f. 7, 8; Fleming, Brit. An., p.276; Leach, Moll., p. 150; Turton, !lfan., p. 127, f. 110; Jeffreys, Linn. Tr., XVI, p. 379; Alder, Mag. Zool. and Bot., II, p. 114; Forbes, Mal. Mon., p. 14; Thompson, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist,, VI, p. ,18; Bulla jontinalis, Montagu, Test. Brit., p. 226; Brown, Wernerian Mem., II, p. 516; lb., Ency. Brit., VI, p. 433; Fleming, Edin. Ency., VII, p. 85; Limnca fonti- nalis, Sowerby, Genera, f. 8; Planorbis bulla, Miiller, Verm., II, p. 167. . J. AMPIIIPEPLEA GLUTINOSA, pi. XV, f. 27, 28.-First Varicty 1, pi. XIV, f. 56, 57. Slicll somcwlwt mo,·c injlated, Ed., pi. 42, f. 27, 28. ancl ef a -,;ery pale hom colou,·, app,·oacldng to whitc. .rlmphij,epleaglutinosa,Nilson,Moll,Sacc,,p.58; Rossmass- Physc, alba, Turton, Zoo!. Journ., 11, p. 363, pi. 13, f. 3; lcr, Icon., I, p. 93, pi. 2, f. 48; Limneus glutinosus, Drapcrnaud, lb., Man., P· 128, f. 11 l. p. 50; Turton, Man., p, 120, f.103; Michaud, pi. 10, f.13, 14; Found in the river Towin, North Wales. Alder, Mag. Zoo). and Dot., p. 115; Fleming, Brit. An., p. 275; Vm·icty 2, pi. XIV, f. 83, 84. Volutions mo,·e oblique; body Limneus glutinosus, JetTreys, Linn. Tr., XVI, p. 371; Limnea lcss injlatcd; base more acutc; ancl spire more obtuse. glutinosa, Sowcrby, Genera, f. 5; Lym,uec, glutinosa, First Ed., · Ileli.i· Bullaoicles, Donovan, Brit. Sh., pi. 168, f. 2; Bullc, pi. 42, f. 27, 28; IIcli.-,; glutinosa, Montagu, Test. Brit., P· 379, flzwiatiles, Turt.on, Conch. Dict., p. 27, thc young shell. pi. !G, f. 5; Flcming, Edin. Ency., VII, p. 81 ; Brown, Ency. It is plentiful in a sh'eam at Clonooney, King's County, Brit., VI, p. 461; Myxcis ;}/ullc,·i, Leach, Moll., p. 149; Bue- Ireland. ci11um glutinosmn, Miillcr, Vcrm., II, p. 129. Shell sinistral, oblong-oval, cxtremely thin, transparent, fragile, Shell suborbicular, very thin, diaphanous, shining, smooth, or and glossy, and of a grcenish horn colour; body very large; spire ohsoletely wrinkled longitndinally, and of a palc ycllowish horn vcry short, consisting of thrcc or four volutions, the lower one a colour; bocly extremely large, much inflated; spire very small, little inflatcd, and terminaling in a. somcwhát obtuse apcx; aper- consisting of three volutions, hardly rising ahovc thc body, well turc oblong, occupying about three-fourths lhe lcngth of the defined by the suture, and tcrminating obtusely; apcrture oval, shell, contracted, and pointed abovc, ami rounded at the base. ,·ery large, extending ncarly the whole length of thc body; outer Length about three-eighths of an inch; brcadth not quite a lip cxccssively thin; destitute of an mnbilicus on thc pillar. quarter. -Found in ditchcs in England, Ireland, and Scotland. Old shclls are not unfrcquently providcd with a fcw longitudi- 2. AMPIIIPEPLEA LACUSTn1s, pi. XV, f. 24, 25.-First Ed., na) and transl'erse wrinkles. pi. •12, f. 24, 25. This specics is prctty gencrally ditTused throughoul Greal Gulnm·i<, lacustris, Leach, Moll., p. 146? Britain and Irclancl, in rivcrs, stream~, ami stagnant pools, adhcr- Shell subovalc, extrcmely thin, pellucid, all!I shining, of a pale ing to lhe undcr surface of aquatic plants. ycllowish horn colour; body very large, ancl inílated; spire ex- 2. PnYSA ACUTA, pi. XIV, f. 58, 59.-First Ecl., pi. 41, f. ccssively short, consisting of lwo small volutions, which hardly 5 8, 5 9, 1·ise abovc the bocly 1 superior one blunt at the apcx; apcrture Pliysa acuta, J • Sowerby, MSS.; · Bulla fontinalis, Maton subornl, a lillle narrowecl above; outer Iip thin, expaosive, with and Hackclt, Linn. Tr., VIII, pi. 4, f. l. ils base rouuded; inner lip a little rellected on the columella, Shell oblong-ovatc, vcry thin, brittle, and transparent; body wilh a slight subumbilicus bchind it. very large; spirc Ycry short, consisting of four volutions, ancl 1 found this species in Loch Leven, Kinrossshirc, Scotland. tcr~inating in an acule apex; aperture oblong-ovate, somcwhat It dill'ers from the prcccding species, in being. larger and obhquc, aocl lcngthcned bcyond the body volution. Length thi_ckcr, the spirc having but two volutions, in the apcrture nearly half an inch; breadth a quarter. hc111g not so large and expanded, and in the base of the lip Found in Anglesea, \Vales, ami first iclentified as British by heing more rounclcd. J. Sowerby, Esq., who brcd it in a wat er-bult, ancl describes thc In Lady Janline's cabinet. animal as dilfering materially from P. Jontinalis. GE:-us 39.-PnYsA,-Drapernaud. Shcll sinistral, or with the volutions tur 11 · 111 • . . . g tn a. contrary <l1rcct1on to the orclmary conrsc, ol'a) or oblo 11 ti · ¡ . . . , g, Yery un, an( pohshccl; sp1rc usually prommcnt; aperture Ion<•! 1· ¡ 0 1 uc 1nn , ovntc, or oulong, contractecl above; outcr li¡i vcry 1 ¡ · ¡ ¡ 1111, anc acute part y obtrucling abo,·e tite plane of the apcrt • ¡·' l'L'tlcctcd on thc columella. ' nre; inncr ip 3. PnYSA HYP1'0RUM, pi. XIV, f. 60, 61.-First Ed., pi, ,11, f. 60, 61. Pliysa h,1JJmontm, Drapernaud, p. 55, pi. 3, f. 12, 13; Lamarck, An. San. Vert., VI, pt. 2nd, p. 157; Pfoiffcr, p. 97, pi. 4, f. 29 ; Alder, Mag. Zoo). and Ilot., II, p. 114 ; Turton, ~t·• P· 12 9, f. 113; Thompson, Ann. all!I Mag. Nat. Hist., , P· 34; JetTrcys, Linn. Tr., XVII, p. 381 ; Bulla li!Jp110- rum, Montagu, Test. 13rit., p. 228; Brown, " ' erncrian l\fom., II.' P· ?,17; lb., Ency. Brit., YI, p. 433; Mat on ami Hacke tt, Linn. lr., VIII, p.1 27, pl.4, f.3; Fleming, Etlin. Ency., Vlí,