424 America?! Se ash ells 



Tellina promera Dall Promera Tellin 



Figure 86c 



South half of Florida and the West Indies. 



% inch in length, very similar to 77iera, but larger, more inflated, thicker- 

 shelled, more oval and with the umbones a little closer to the center of the 

 shell. This may be only a subspecies of mera. Quite common on both sides 

 of Florida. 



Tellina tampaensis Conrad Tampa Tellin 



Figure 86b 



South half of Florida to Texas, the Bahamas and Cuba. 



/4 to % inch in length, similar to mera, but more pointed posteriorly, 

 whitish with a faint pinkish blush, and with very numerous, microscopic, 

 concentric lines of growth. The pallial sinus line in this species runs forward 

 nearly to the anterior muscle scar and then drops almost vertically toward 

 the ventral margin of the shell before continuing posteriorly. In 77tera and 

 promera, the pallial sinus line toward the anterior muscle scar, makes a 

 U-shaped turn, and then runs posteriorly but does not join the lower pallial 

 line until about the middle of the ventral region of the valve. Common in 

 shallow water. 



Tellina texana Dall Say's Tellin 



New Jersey to south half of Florida and Cuba. 



% inch in length, white with a faint opalescent sheen. Extremely close 

 to agilis, but distinguished by the heavy, enamel-white finish on the inside 

 of the shell and i or i fairly distinct radial grooves running from the poste- 

 rior muscle scar to the ventral margin of the valve. The faint pallial sinus 

 just touches the anterior muscle scar. Fairly common. T. sayi Dall (Dec. 

 1900) is a synonym of T. texana Dall (Nov. 1900). T. poUta Say (not 

 Spengler) is also this species. 



Tellina sybaritic a Dall Dall's Dwarf Tellin 



Figure 86d 



North Carolina, the Gulf of Mexico and Cuba. 



y4 to Vs inch in length, very elongate, shiny, with quite strong, nu- 

 merous concentric threads or cut lines. Color varying from translucent-white, 

 yellowish, pinkish to bright watermelon-red. Our smallest and most colorful 

 Tellin, and plentiful from i to 60 fathoms. It somewhat resembles young 

 alternata, but the latter are smoother and have a short instead of long poste- 

 rior lateral tooth in the left valve, and has no lateral lamina in the left valve. 



