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Show 330 MOLLUSCA. . l black Ib II i 2. A decoction of this species times entire Y ' • ' ' . .t s someu· mes us ed in France for pulmonary dtsorders( l ). LIMA, Feruss. The resp·t ratory op ening towards t.h e posterior part of their shell, and frequently much larger. Such lS ... • L . an tz. quoru m , Feruss ., 1)1 · iv and vw, A, f. l; L. max~mus, L.; L. aylvaticus, Drap., Moll., IX, x. Frequently spotted or streak ec1 W'lt l1 g rey'· found in caves and dark forests.. L agres tz.s , L .; Feruss ., pl · v, f · 5-10. Small, Immaculate; ver; common and extremely t)oxious(2). VAGINuLus, Feruss. A d ense man tl e W.lthout shelf' stretching .o ver the whole length of the b o d y; f our tentacula ' the lower ones shghtly .f orked; the anus at the extreme pos tel.·10r extremity, between the pomt of the mant.l e and that o f t h e f oo t , the s'~· me orifice leading to the pulmonarr cav1ty s·i tuate d a 1o ng the right flank·' orifice of the male orgafn of genera· ~ 1 tion under the right inferior tentaculum, and that o the ema e under t h e m1' ddl e o f tl1e right side. These 9rga.n s, as well as those of digestion, are very similar to the same pat:ts m the Slug. These Mollusca are found in both lndtes, and closely resem· ble the common Limaces(S). (1) Add: the L. al bu s, Mu·~n., Feruss., pl. i, r. 3;-L. lwrtensis, Id., pl. ii, f. 4-6. L t Drap pl ix f. 1 and 2, (2) Add; L. alpinus, Feruss., pl. v, a;- . gaga. es, ., . . ' ·t of small &. N ll The PLECTROl'HORA, Feruss., would be Llmaces, havmg a sor c. · 1 .s h.e ll on the end of their tail, and far f rom th e slu .e l d they are only known, i ~~:~:er, by drawings of very equivocal authority, }'u.vanne, Zoomorphose, p1. lxxvi, copied Feruss., pl. vi, f. 5, 6, 7. . f h' enus Ln!!· M de Blainville (Malac., p. 464) now doubts the reality o ts g · . d s N t The PnnoMt· CELLA, and rejects his genus VEttONICELLA, ~~c~. es .. cb a imitted into a work CHUB and EuMELEs, Raf., are too imperfectly mdtcated to e a( like this. . .. ... . and viii B, 2, 3;-V. a/lru, (3) Vaginulus Taunmm, Feruss., pl. vtu, A, f .. 7' '... f 3 and 4;- Id., pl:viii, A, f. 8, and viii, B, f. 6;-V. L~~gsdrrrfi~;!// t·G:~{d~~ ·Lin. Trans. V.lrevigatus, Id., pl. viii, B, f. 5, 7;-0nchtdwm occt n a ' ' XIV, ix. . s 1824 zool. tome IU, The genus MEGHIMATIUM of Van Hassel., Bullet. Uruver ., ' P 82 should apparently be added to it. . h' h M de Blain· • N.B' . The genus VAGINULA dm'rre rs f:r om Q NCHI DIUM ' Wlth \V IC . ' the true . f 't t the same ttme, ville bas united it, Malac., P· 465, detaclung. rom 1 ' a I V ginula in the Onchidiums to form his genus PERONIA. Hls anatomy of t le a Moll. Terr. et Fluv. of M. de Ferussac, p 1. v.m. · , c , 1· s very good · GASTEROPODA PULMONEA. 331 TEsTAOELLA, Lam. The respiratory orifice and the anus at the posterior extremity; the mantle very small, and placed on the same part; it contains a small oval shell with an extremely wide aperture and a very small spine, which is not one tenth of the length of the body; otherwise these animals resemble the Limaces. Test. haliotoidea, Drap.; Cuv., Ann. du Mus., V, xxvi, 6, 11. A common species in the southern departments of France; it lives under ground, and feeds chiefly on ;Lumbrici. M. de I<"'erussac has obset·ved that when accidentally placed in too dry a situation, the mantle experiences a singular development, and furnishes it with a sort of shelter. PARMAOELLA, Cuv. A membt·anous mantle with loose margins placed on the middle of the back, and containing in its posterior portion an oblong, flat shell, the hind part of which exhibits a slight indication of a spine; the respiratot·y orifice and the anus, under the right side of the middle of the mantle. Parm. Olivieri, Cuv., Ann. du Mus., V, xxix, 12-15. The first species known; f1·om Mesopotamia. Pm·m. palliolum, Feruss., pl. vii, A. Inhabits Brazil. Some othet·s are found in India. In the terrestrial Pulmonea with complete and apparent shells, the edges of the aperture in the adult are usually tumid. HELix, Lin. To this genus Linn:Eus referred all those species in which the aperture of the shell, somewhat encroached upon by the projection of the penultimate whorl, assumes a crescent-like figure. When this crescent of the aperture is as wide as it is high, or wider, it becomes the HELix, Brug. and Lam. Some of them have a globular shell. Of this number is the Helix pomatia, L., common in the gardens and vineyards of France, with a reddish shell marked with paler bands, an animal which in some places is considered a delicious article of food. The Ifel. nemoralis, L., is another; whose shell is vaJ·iously and vividly coloured; in wet seasons it |
