The shells of this beautiful genus are all terrestrial, and differ from
the Helix and Bulla of Linnæus in never being of an orbicular shape. The
animals inhabiting them are said to be oviparous, and have eggs nearly
as large as those of a pigeon.
Shell oval, oblong, sometimes sub-turriculated; the summit of the spire
obtuse, and the last turn much greater than all the others taken
together; aperture oblong oval, the edge disunited; the right reflected
outward in adults; the columella smooth, with an inflection in the
middle, at the point of junction of the columella with the mouth of the
aperture which it forms.
Bulimus ovatus.
B. hæmastomus.
B. gallina sultana.
B. zigzag.
B. undatus.
B. ovoideus.
B. interruptus.
B. Peruvianus.
B. Favannii.
B. Kambeul.
B. calcareus.
B. decollatus.
B. Lyonetianus.
B. inflatus.
B. radiatus.
B. fragilis.
B. Guadaloupensis.
B. Richii.
B. inversus.
B. citrinus.
B. sultanus.
B. Pythogaster.
B. Mexicanus.
B. multifasciatus.
B. Bengalensis.
B. Caribæorum.
B. octonus.
B. terebraster.
B. articulatus.
B. acutus.
B. ventricosus.
B. montanus.
B. hordeaceus.
B. lubricus.
_B. montanus._ The mountain Bulimus.
Ovate oblong, umbilicated, slightly striated longitudinally, with
several convex volutions; aperture semi-oval; brownish colour; outer lip
white and reflected.
_B. hæmastomus._ The rose-lipped Bulimus.
Species oval or of ordinary form.
_B. ventricosus._ The ventricose Bulimus.
Species ventricose, from which circumstance it derived its name.
_B. radiatus._ The radiated Bulimus. Pl. 19, fig. 7.
Species turriculated.
_B. citrinus._ The citron Bulimus.
Species sinistral.
_B. multifasciatus._ The many-banded Bulimus.
Species slightly umbilicated.