Tellina. MOLLUSCA. DONACID.E. 435 



479. T. llncata. — Shell oval, with crowded transverse striae, 

 one valve double toothed, one of the teeth cloven, with a lateral 

 one on each side, the other valve with a single cloven tooth and 

 no lateral ones. 



Turt. Biv. Brit. 99. t. vii. f. 1 — Teignmouth Bay. 

 Length fths, breadth |ths of an inch; white, with a pale and longitudinal 

 stripe from the beaks to the oral extremity ; thin, semitransparent, with nu- 

 merous fine transverse striae, strongest al the extremities. 



480. T. punkea. — Oval, oblong, with transverse stria?, and 

 minute longitudinal ones ; one valve double toothed, with a 

 single lateral one, the other with a single primary and lateral 

 tooth. 



Turt. Lin. Trans, iv. 194— T. laeta, Pult. Dorset. 29. Mont. Test. Brit 



57 T. inaequistriata, Don. Brit. Shells, t. cxxiii — T. punicea, TurL 



Biv. Brit. 100. — South coast of England and Dunbar, rare. 

 Length three-quarters of an inch, breadth upwards of an inch; variously 

 tinged with pink ; the concentric striae are regular and strong ; one of the 

 primary teeth bifid, the lateral one contiguous, broad and oblique. 



—481. T.Jabula. — Shell oval, contracted retrally; the left 

 valve obliquely striated. 



Turt. Linn. iv. 194 Don. Brit. Shells, t. xcvii — Mont. Test. Brit. 61. 



Turt. Biv. Brit. 101 — Sandy coasts, common. 



Length half an inch, breadth three quarters ; thin, glossy, white and iri- 

 descent ; concentrically striated irregularly ; a single tooth in the right valve, 

 with a minute adjacent denticle ; two teeth in the left, and a rounded lateral 

 one. 



482. T. simil'is. — Shell oval, with both valves obliquely stria- 

 ted. 



Sower. Brit. Misc. t. lxxv. — Turt. Biv. Brit. 102 — Southern shores of 

 England. 

 This shell is not so broad as the preceding, being broader and more abbre- 

 viated retrally ; the oblique striae are finer and more remote, and there is a 

 lateral tooth in each margin. 



— 483. T. donaclna. — Shell oval, transversely striate, very ob- 

 tuse anteally ; in one valve two teeth, and a lateral one on each 

 side ; in the other a single primary tooth. 



Linn. Syst. i. 1118 Mont. Test. Brit. 58. t. xxvii. f. 3 — Turt. Biv. 



Brit. 103 Various parts of the coast, rare. 



Length three quarters, breadth one inch and a quarter ; yellowish, with 

 red, often interrupted, longitudinal rays ; hinge with a single cloven tooth in 

 one valve, and no lateral ones ; in the other, two teeth, one of them cloven, 

 and a strong, rather remote, lateral tooth on each side. 



— 484. T. bimaculata. — Oval-triangular, slightly striate trans- 

 versely, a little angular retrally ; in one valve two teeth, and 

 lateral ones ; in the other a single tooth, and lateral ones. 



T. lata, List. Conch, t. ccclxxxv — T. bim. Linn. [Syst. 1120 — Don. Brit- 

 Shells, t. xix. f. 1 Mont. Test. Brit. 69 — Turt, Biv. Brit. 103. t. viii. 



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