Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals : selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged on the principles of Cuvier and other modern zoologists . »s- AMPULLARIA globosa,Round Apple Snail. Generic Chauacteu. — See PI. 103. Specific Character. A, testa globosa, Icevissimd, olivaceu; spird depressd; apertura-margine crasso, fulvo, sulcato ; umbilico parvo, contracto, jiixtabasin posito ; operculo testaceo. Shell globose, very smooth, olive ; spire depressed ; margin of theaperture thick, fulv
Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals : selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged on the principles of Cuvier and other modern zoologists . »s- AMPULLARIA globosa,Round Apple Snail. Generic Chauacteu. — See PI. 103. Specific Character. A, testa globosa, Icevissimd, olivaceu; spird depressd; apertura-margine crasso, fulvo, sulcato ; umbilico parvo, contracto, jiixtabasin posito ; operculo testaceo. Shell globose, very smooth, olive ; spire depressed ; margin of theaperture thick, fulvous, grooved; umbilicus small, contracted,placed near the base; operculum shelly. Helix AmpuUacea. xar. Gmelin, p. 3626. no. 43. Chemnitz, 9 1133. 1134. p. 10,5. This is the most common of the two shells of this genus,which have their mouths closed by a shelly operculum. Itis well described by Chemnitz, and his figures are verytolerable ; yet, like all the authors of that period, he con-sidered it as a variety of Helix ampiiUacea. From all thesesupposed varieties it is, nevertheless, quite distinct; thespire is more depressed than that of any other species, andthe umbilicus is placed near the bottom of the inner lip : thewhole
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