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ternal or internal, on the shorter side of the shell. Pallial 

 impression largely and deeply sinuated. 



Sub-fam. TELLININiE. 



Animal with the siphons elongated. 



Shell compressed, often slightly gaping posteriorly. Hinge 

 with the ligament external, prominent. 



Genus ASAPHIS, Modeer. 



Shell transversely ohlong, ventricose, equivalve, slightly 

 gaping at the sides; surface of valves rugose, radiately 

 ribhed or striated. Hinge with two primary teeth in each 

 valve, one of which is bifid ; ligament external, large and 

 conspicuous. Pallial line with a short sinus. 



Sy?i. Capsa, part, Brug. Capsula, Schum. Sanguino- 

 laria, Lam. 1818, not 1801. Isarcha, Gist el. 



Ex. A. deflorata, Linnaeus, pi. 103, fig. 1, 1, a. 



The species of Asaphis already described are found 

 buried in the sand below high water-mark in the West 

 Indies, Brazil, China, and Australia. They are also found 

 fossil in the Green-sand of Europe and the United States. 



Species of Asaphis. 



concinna, Martyn. dichotoma, Anton. 



deflorata, Linn. Tahitensis, Birn. 



Genus GARI, Schumacher. 



Shell transversely oblong, equivalve, sub-equilateral, 

 slightly gaping at the sides; surface of valves smooth, or 

 vol. it. 3 E 



