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Family TELLINID^. 



Genus TELLINA Linne. 



Tellina Antoni Philippi. 



Tellina Antoni Philippi, Dall, Bull. M. C. Z., IX. p. 134, 1881. 



Habitat. West of Florida, 19 fms. [Bache]; Carolina coast, young valves, 

 U. S. rish Commission. 



Tellina squamifera Deshates. 



T. squamifera Deshayes, P. Z. S., 1854, p. 365 ; Reeve, Conch. Icon. Tellina, pi. Iv. 



fig. 325, 1869. 



Habitat. Off Sombrero, valves, in 54-72 fms. 



Only one valve of this elegant little shell appears to have been known to 

 Reeve. 



Tellina sybaritica Dall. 



Tellina sybaritica Dall, Bull. M. C. Z., IX. p. 134, 1881. 



Plate VI. Fig. 11. 



Hibitat. Yucatan Strait, 640 fms., one valve. 



I have not been able to find any more specimens of this verj' lovely little 

 shell, but I doubt if it lives in the depth of water from which it was dredged. 

 Its brilliant crimson color would be rather anomalous in that depth of water, 

 and the shell seems very solid for such a habitat. 



Tellina tenera Say. 



T. tenera Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Piiil., II. p. 303, 1822. Tryon, Am. Marine 



Conch., p. 148, fig. 349. 



Habitat. East coast of the United States and the Antilles ; off Sand Key, 

 80 fms. ; off Sombrero, 72 fms. ; west of Florida, in 30 fms. ; and at Station 287, 

 near Barbados, 7-50 fms. 



The southern specimens have a tendency to be brighter colored. 



Tellina plectrum C?) Hanley. 



Tellina plectrum {■?) Hanley, Dall, Bull. M. C. Z., IX. p. 134, 1881. 



Habitat. Yucatan Strait, 640 fms., one valve. 



I have not been able to learn anything more about this specimen. 



