Tellinidae 81 



Tellina taiiipaensis Conrad PI. 42, fig. 302 



Alt., 11; length, 15 mm. Shell small, smooth, pale salmon-pink; 

 delicate concentric striations and fine radial markings, thin irides- 

 cent epidermis; umbos sharp, making a definite angle in outline 

 of shell; ligament prominent; anterior margin rounded, ventral 

 margin convex, posterior margin sloping to a blunt point; three 

 cardinal and an anterior lateral tooth in each valve; pallial sinus 

 confluent, almost reaching anterior muscular impression. 



Tellina panperatais^ d'Orbigny PI. 43, fig. 304 



Alt., 6; length, 12 mm. Shell small, white, polished but not irides- 

 cent; fine concentric striations and bands of varying opacity; umbos 

 small, acute; anterior border long and straight, posterior short, 

 straight, with slight rostration and rounded extremity; ligament light 

 brown; interior white, polished, with faint radial striation; pallial 

 sinus confluent, tip nine-tenths of a millimeter from anterior muscle 

 scar. 



Tellina promera"* Dall Text fig. 5 



Alt., 10; length, 15 mm. Shell white, smooth, fine threadlike, 

 concentric striae, thin brownish epidermis; general shape like T. 

 tampaensis, but more convexly rounded at anterior end and more 

 flexuous posteriorly; pallial sinus large, confluent, extends within 

 one millimeter of anterior muscle scar. 



Fig. 5. Tellina promera Dall 



^'"^'^ Lat., pauperare, to make poor. 

 '•^* Lat., pro, forth; mera, pure. 



