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thi.s species. Philippi^ has tij»-ured a specimen undoi- tlic iiiune of 

 TMina irh Say, and for .k/hiUIs Sowerby has fig-iircd Tell inn, ex'dh 

 Lamarck. Ilaidcy' tiuures decm'a Say, but his other tio-ures called 

 decora represent some other species. His figure of shiiiik represents 

 TelT>i}a decora. 



TELLINA (SCISSULA) IRIS Say, 1822. 



North Carolina, south to the Florida Keys. 



This is not 7'<7//;?</ //v'.v Philippi above referred to. Shells lalieled 

 Tellina exilis Lamarck, from the West Indies, are ver}- close to this 

 species, being o-enerall}' larger, higher proportionally, and more 

 brightly colored. I should not be surprised if a fuller series than I 

 have access to might unite the two. Tellina carihwa Orbigny, 1846, 

 is synonymous. 



TELLINA (SCISSULA) EXILIS Lamarck, 1818. 



Antillcan fauna (north to Florida Keys^). 



Very closely related to the preceding species, but has a longer sinus, 

 which touches, or nearly touches, the anterior adductor scar. 



TELLINA (SCISSULA) CANDEANA Orbigny, 1846. 



Florida Keys, Bermuda, and the Antilles. 



More wedge shaped and solid than either of the other species of this 

 group. 



Genus STRIGILLA Turton. 



STRIGILLA CARNARIA Linnaeus, 1758. 



Beaufort, North Carolina, south to BraziL 



Cardiuvi carneosura Da Costa, 1778, and Strigilla areolata Menke, 

 1847, are synonymous. This species is recognizable by the fact that 

 the upper part of the pallial sinus connects the adductor scars. The 

 sculpture is often obsolete on the umbonal angle. 



STRIGILLA ROMBERGII Morch, 1853. 



Florida Keys to Brazil. 



In this species, almost identical externally with the preceding, the 

 pallial sinus does not reach the anterior adductor scars. 



STRIGILLA FLEXUOSA Say, 1822. 



Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, south to Haiti and Guadeloupe. 

 Strigilla mirahi.lis Philippi, 1841, is synonymous, and the species 

 has been confused with the Strigilla pisiformis Linnfiius. 



lAbbild. , II, 1845. ^ Thesaurus, 1846, pi. Ivi, fig. 27. 



