by William Swainson

“ Dillwyn has given the new name of aurea to this shell, in addition to the five others under which different authors have described it. Such changing of names and multiplication of synonyms, without strong reasons, are very objectionable. ”

“ B. testâ obovatâ; spirâ conicâ, in medio sub-crassatâ, aperturâ longiore: spirâ anfractibus 6 in suturam depressis; labio exteriore basi subcontracto; umbilico subclauso. Shell obovate; spire conic, slightly thickened in the middle, longer than the aperture, and of six volutions depressed on the suture; outer-lip slightly contracted at the base; umbilicus nearly closed. Bulimus citrinus, var. B. Bruguiere Encycl. Meth. 314. no. 27. Martini 9. tab. 110. fig. 930.
This variable species is perhaps the most beautiful and delicate in its colouring of all the terrestrial snails ”