3. Genus Planorbis. Pl. [X].

Animal. See Helix.

Shell. Discoid, spire depressed, or involuted almost in the same vertical plane, causing the shell to be depressed on each side, aperture oblong, luniform, axis remote, margin not reflected; no operculum. Inhabits the lakes of America and Europe. Twenty-two species.

FAMILY IX.
Melaniana. Three genera.

1. Genus Melania. Pl. [X].

Animal. See Helix.

Shell. Turreted; aperture entire, spire slightly pointed, margin of the whorls often surmounted by spires, columella smooth and arched, closed by a thin horn-like operculum; this is a fluviatile shell, often covered by a thick epidermis. Inhabits the rivers of India. Many fine species are found in America. Fifty-four species.