PLATE XLL 



FIG. II. 

 TELLINA VARIABILIS. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Shell somewhat oval or oblong, radiated with pale red streaks ; 

 a single tooth in the hinge of one valve, which is inserted between 

 two teeth on the other valve, when shut. 



Solen Vesperttnus : testa ovali oblonga spadiceo-radiata, cardinis 

 sinistra valvae dente solitario duplici alterius inserto-. 

 Gmel. Lin. Syst. Conch, p. 3228. sp. 20. 



This is the Tellina variabilis of the late Dr. Solander, and the 

 Portland Museum ; Gmelin arranges it amongst the Solens. 



Found on the coast of Cornwall and Weymouth, and not noticed 

 by either Pennant or Da Costa as an English shell. 



