PLATE XLVII. 



TELLINA CARNARIA. Linn. 



FLESH-COLOURED TELLEN* 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



The hinge usually furnished with three teeth; shell generally 

 sloping on one side. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Somewhat orbicular; valves shallow. White tinged with rose 

 colour, and marked externally with numerous parallel striae, disposed 

 in an oblique, reflexed and transverse direction. 



Tellina carnaria : testa suborbiculata laevi utrinque incarnata 

 oblique striata : striis hinc reflexis. Linn. Sj/st. 

 Nat. p. 111*9. No. 66. 



Concha parva subrotunda, ex parte interna rubens. List. H. An. 

 Angl.p. 175. tit. 25. tab. 4. Jig. 5. 



Tellina sequilatera laevis, tenuis subrubra. Gualt. 1. Conch, tab. 77. 



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Cardium parvum subrotundura 'oblique striatum colore carneoso, 



Carneosum. Da Costa, p. 181. sp. 20. 



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