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TELLININiE. 



radiately striated ; the internal margin finely crenulate, and 

 somewhat thickened anteriorly; hinder side more or less 

 angular. Hinge with two teeth, or a single bifid tooth in 

 one valve, and one in the other ; ligament external, prominent. 

 Pallia] line deeply sinuated. 



Syn. Psammobia, Lam. Psammotsea, part, Lam. 



Ex. G. vespertina, Lamar ch, pi. 103, fig. 2. Shell, G. 

 Gari, Linnaeus, fig. 2, a, 2, h. 



The species are found living in sand or gravelly mud, and 

 range from the littoral and coralline zones to the depth of 

 one hundred fathoms. A few examples inhabit the shores of 

 Britain, and others, with shells of great delicacy and beauty, 

 are natives of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, New Zealand, 

 Australia, China, and Japan. 



Species of Gari. 



abrupta, Desh. 

 amethistina, Chem. 

 amoona, Desh. 

 anomala, Desh. 

 bicarinata, Desh. 

 cornpta, Desh. 

 corrngata, Desh. 

 denticulata, Adams and 



Reeve. 

 dispar, Desh. 

 elegans, Desh. 

 Ferroensis, Chem. 

 Gari, Linn. 

 insignis, Desh. 

 intermedia, Desh. 

 Lessoni, Blainv. 



lineolata, Gray. 

 marraorea, Desh. 

 ornata, Desh. 

 palmula, Desh. 

 pennata, Desh. 

 praestans, Desh. 

 puella, Desh. 

 pulchella, Lam. 

 pulcherrima, Desh. 

 rubicunda, Desh. 

 rugulosa, Adams and Reeve. 

 squamosa, Lam. 

 tellinpeformis, Desh. 

 tenuis, Desh. 

 tripartita, Desh. 

 zonalis, Lam. 



