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I HAVE just observed that I am quoted in Dr. Gwyn Jeffreys' “British Conchology” (vol. v. p. 161) as an authority for the discovery of Clausilia parvula (a Continental snail) in Staffordshire. Many years ago, when I was a schoolboy, I found six or seven specimens at Kinver, near Stourbridge. I took them at first for a smooth variety of C. rugosa, but noting other differences sent them to Dr. Jeffreys, who identified them as above. I never had another opportunity of visiting the spot, but brother conchologists, who went on my recommendation, failed to find any specimens. The sheep-walk on which I picked them up was close to the grounds of Enville, where there are many foreign shrubs, and I have now little doubt that they were introduced. At the same time the large size of the specimens seemed to indicate that they had been long acclimatised, as northern individuals are larger than southern.
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ALLEN, G. A Doubtful British Mollusk. Nature 22, 435 (1880). https://doi.org/10.1038/022435a0
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