THE 
TELLINA.—Puatr XLIV. 
minato ; latere postico radiatim angulato, post angu- 
lum subdepresso, marginibus dorsali et laterali convexis, 
termino truncato, umbonibus haud prominentibus, 
margine ventrali vix convexo. 
FINE-SCULPTURED TELLINA. Shell oblong-subcu- 
neate, compressed, sculptured with close concentric 
rather flat ridges, dull white, covered with a very thin 
yellowish epidermis ; anterior side rather longer, sub- 
attenuated, subacuminated ; posterior side radiately 
angular, slightly depressed behind the angle, dorsal 
and lateral margins convex, end truncated, umboes 
not prominent, ventral margin very little convex. 
SOWERBY. 
Hab. 

2 
The specimens are from the late collection of Sir Ed- 
ward Belcher. 

TELLINA DECLIVIS. 
THE 
Species 261. (Mus. Hanley.) 
Tel. testé alba, levigatd, inflata, 
subtrigond ; latere antico inflato, margine dorsali de- 
clivi, convexiusculo, termino rotundo; latere postico 
cuneato, subcompresso, radiatim angulato, subrostrato, 
margine dorsali valde declivi, termino truncato, infra 
acuminato, margine ante angulum eacavato; umbonibus 
subcentralibus, elevatis, obtusis. 
SLOPED TELLINA. Shell white, smooth, inflated, 
subtrigonal; anterior side inflated, dorsal margin 
sloped, rather convex, end rounded, posterior side 
cuneate, subcompressed, radiately angular, slightly 
rostrated, dorsal margin much sloped, end truncated, 
acuminated below, margin excavated before the 
angle, umboes subcentral, elevated, obtuse. 
SOWERBY. 
Hab. 
2 

Much more elevated and inflated than Zel/ina pudica. 
