80 Macrteay Memoriat Votume. 
TELLINA STRANGEI, Deshayes, Vro. Zool, Soc. 1854, p. 362; 7. subovata, Sowb. in 
Reeve’s Conch. Icon. fig. 160; 7. “ntea, Hutton, Cat. Marine Moll. of N.Z. 
p. 67; Z. retzarza, Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst. Vol. XVII. p. 322. 
Locality.—W anganui, Petane. 
TELLINA ANGULATA, Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst. Vol. XVII. p. 322. 
(Plate 1x. fig. 86.) 
Shell ovato-trigonal, compressed, inequilateral, anterior end longer, strongly 
concentrically laminated. Posterior end slightly truncated and with a well 
marked fold on the left valve. Anterior dorsal margin convex, the posterior 
slightly concave. Right valve with two cardinals, the anterior bifid. Left 
valve with two cardinals, the posterior bifid. Length 33mm.; height 21mm. 
Locality.—W anganui. 
Genus VENUS. 
Key to the species. 
A. Concentric ornamentation only. 
1. Laminee thin. 
Lamine distant; posterior truncated... V. yaéer. 
Lamine close ; posterior not truncated ... V’. oblonga. 
2. Laminee thick. 
Lamine 20 to 40... ace ae son A SMT. 
Lamine 40 to 50; shell compressed ... V. mesodesma. 
Laminz 40 to 50; shell swollen ... ... V. gtbbosa. 
B. Radiately ribbed and, usually, concentrically striated. 
Ribs about 100 or more... es ... V. meridionahs. 
Ribs about 40 as me SE .. V. stutchburyz. 
Venus yaTet, Gray in Dieff’s “New Zealand,” II p. 250; Voy. Erebus and Terror, 
Moll. pl. m1. fig. 11; Reeve, Conch. Icon. fig. 84. 
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Locahty.—Wanganui, Petane, Matapiro. 
y, 1: Reeve, Conch. 
Venus optonca, Hanley, Voy. Erebus and Terror, Moll. pl. u. fi 
Icon. fig 1. 
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Locality.—W anganui, Petane, Matapiro. 
