TELLINA.—Piate XLV. 
latere postico cuneato, acuminato, angulato, ante an- 
gulum excavato, termino truncato ; latere antico tu- 
mido, rotundato ; margine dorsali declivi ; umbonibus 
elevatis ; dentibus minimis. 
THE EQUAL-STRIATED TELLINA. Shell white, oblong, 
oval, subrostrated, polished, inflated, minutely con- 
centrically sulcated ; posterior side cuneate, acumi- 
nated, angulated, excavated in front of the angle, 
truncated at the end; anterior side tumid, rounded ; 
dorsal margins much sloped ; umboes elevated ; teeth 
very small. 
SoWERBY. 
Hab. 
This pretty little shell, which appears to be unique, differs 
from Tellina Cygneus in being sulcated with equidistant 
lines. 
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Species 266. (Mus. Hanley.) 
TELLINA STRIATISSIMA. Tel. testa ovali, compressa, so- 

lida, albidd, prope umbones roseo pallido utringue ra- 
diata, valde inequilaterali, densé striata ; latere pos- 
tico brevi, subtruncatd, obtuse angulatd ; margine dor- 
sali post angulum excavata ; margine ventrali sursum 
acclivi ; latere antico obliquo, oblongo ; margine dor- 
sali declivt. 
THE MUCH-STRIATED TELLINA. Shell oval, compressed, 
solid, whitish, raved with pale rose on both sides 
near the umboes, very inequilateral, closely striated ; 
posterior side short, subtruncated, obtusely angular ; 
dorsal margin excavated behind the angle; ventral 
margin sloped upwards; anterior side oblique, ob- 
long; dorsal margin sloped. 
SOWERBY. 
Hab. 
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Only one specimen of this not very remarkable small 
oval shell has yet been met with. 

