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  SUPERFMIILY 
  

  

  TELLIITACEA 
  

  

  (Gr. 
  telline, 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  shell 
  fish. 
  Tellins.) 
  

  

  1. 
  Family 
  Tellinidae 
  . 
  ( 
  Same 
  etymology 
  as 
  atove.) 
  

  

  a) 
  Genus 
  T 
  ellina 
  Linne 
  

   1758, 
  TEem.) 
  

  

  Tellina 
  laev 
  igata 
  Li 
  nne 
  ( 
  smooth; 
  shell 
  

  

  nearly 
  

   Tellina 
  

  

  smooth, 
  ) 
  

   radiata 
  Linne 
  

  

  (rayed; 
  it 
  has 
  

  

  ! 
  hands 
  of 
  pink 
  or 
  red 
  radiating 
  from 
  the 
  

   I 
  heaks 
  ; 
  called 
  Rising 
  Sun 
  Tellin.) 
  

   ' 
  Tellina 
  radiata 
  unimaculata 
  Lam 
  a 
  rck 
  ( 
  

   spotted 
  only 
  once; 
  single 
  color 
  of 
  a 
  u- 
  

   niform 
  yellow, 
  no 
  pink 
  rays.) 
  

  

  Tellina 
  interrupta 
  Tood 
  (interrupted;' 
  

   posterior 
  end 
  is 
  rostrate, 
  curved,) 
  

  

  Tellina 
  agilis 
  Stimpson 
  (agile; 
  formerly 
  

   known 
  as 
  Tellina 
  tenera 
  Say 
  ( 
  tender, 
  del-j 
  

   icate; 
  shell 
  thin, 
  small, 
  with 
  very 
  del- 
  

   icate 
  concentric 
  lines,) 
  

  

  Tellina 
  mera 
  Say 
  (pure, 
  unadulterated.) 
  

  

  Tellina 
  pauperata. 
  Orbigny 
  ( 
  empoverished, 
  

   made 
  poor; 
  shell 
  small, 
  posterior 
  end 
  

   short, 
  straight.) 
  

  

  Tellina 
  promera 
  Dall 
  (closely 
  allied 
  to 
  1 
  

   Tellina 
  mera 
  with 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  easily 
  j 
  

   confused.) 
  ' 
  

  

  Tellina 
  simplex 
  Orbigny 
  (simple, 
  plain; 
  I 
  

   has 
  no 
  strong 
  pink 
  coloration.) 
  I 
  

  

  Tellina 
  syb 
  a 
  ritica 
  Dall 
  (sybaritan; 
  smalli 
  

  

  delicate 
  5 
  shining 
  with 
  a 
  silky 
  lustre, 
  | 
  

  

  deep 
  rose-pink 
  crimson.) 
  I 
  

  

  i 
  Tellina 
  ta 
  mp 
  aensis 
  Conra 
  d 
  (from 
  Tampa, 
  

  

  Florida.)" 
  

  

  Tellina 
  ten 
  e 
  lla 
  Verrill 
  (rather 
  delicate.) 
  

  

  Tell 
  i 
  na 
  tex 
  a 
  na 
  Dall 
  ^from 
  Texas,) 
  Telli 
  na 
  

   say 
  i 
  D 
  all 
  fnamed 
  for 
  Thomas 
  Say, 
  a 
  dis- 
  

   tinguished 
  American 
  naturalist, 
  1787-1834) 
  

  

  Tell 
  ina 
  versicol 
  or 
  DeKay 
  (of 
  various 
  co- 
  

   lors; 
  white 
  with 
  pink 
  rays.) 
  

  

  Tel 
  lina 
  rubricata 
  Lo 
  ui 
  se 
  M. 
  Perry 
  (marked 
  

   with 
  red; 
  color 
  pale 
  pink 
  with 
  rays 
  and 
  

   dots 
  of 
  deeper 
  pink.) 
  

  

  Tell 
  i 
  na 
  candea 
  na 
  Orb 
  igny 
  ( 
  named 
  for 
  Fer- 
  

   dinand 
  de 
  Cande, 
  a 
  French 
  ra 
  val 
  officer 
  

   who 
  collected 
  shells 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  Indies^ 
  

  

  Tellina 
  iris 
  Say 
  (rainbow; 
  surface 
  marked 
  

   with 
  oblique 
  grooved 
  lines; 
  yellow 
  ray 
  

   at 
  umbones. 
  ) 
  

  

  Tellina 
  similis 
  Sowerby 
  (similar, 
  like.) 
  

   I 
  Tellina 
  magna 
  Spengler 
  (large; 
  the 
  large 
  sli 
  

  

  ! 
  of 
  the 
  group.) 
  

  

  Tellina 
  alternata 
  Sa 
  y 
  (alternate; 
  decora- 
  

   ted 
  with 
  parallel 
  concentric 
  lines, 
  ev- 
  

   ery 
  other 
  line 
  disappearing 
  on 
  the 
  pos- 
  

   terior 
  end.) 
  

  

  Tellina 
  angulosa 
  Gmelin 
  (angled, 
  angular; 
  

   shape 
  triangular-ovate.) 
  

  

  Tellina 
  g 
  eorgiana 
  D 
  all 
  (from 
  Georgia; 
  

  

  