TELLINA CERINA. 
THE 
TELLINA. 
Prats L. 
Species 293. (Mus. Brit.) 
Tel. testé parva, albidd, tenui, inflata, 
subovatd, alta; latere postico breviusculo, compresso, 
acuminato, subrostrato ; margine dorsali declivi, ter- 
mino subtruncato ; margine ventrali sursum acelivi, 
ante angulum excavato; latere antico amplo; margine 
ventrali oblique inflato; margine dorsali rotundato, 
subdeclivi; umbonibus subretrorsis, acuminatis, liga- 
mento parvo, conspicuo. 
wax Tex~uina. Shell small, whitish, thin, inflated, 
subovate, elevated ; posterior side rather short, com- 
pressed, acuminated, subrostrated, with dorsal mar- 
gin sloped, end subtruncated, and ventral margin 
sloped upwards, excavated in front of the angle ; 
anterior side ample, with ventral margin obliquely 
inflated, and dorsal margin rounded, a little sloped ; 
umboes leaning backwards, acuminated; ligament 
small, conspicuous. 
C. B. ApaMs. 
Hab. 
TELLINA CLAUSA. 
THE 
Jamaica. 

Species 294. (Fig. a, 6, Mus. Brit.) 
Tel. testa brevi, rotundo-subquadratd, 
solidd, pallidé fulvd, prope umbones subaured, levi- 
gatd, lineis tenuissimis brevibus irregularibus notata, 
intus subrosed, pallidissimé radiata ; latere postico 
subquadrato, obtuse angulato, late truncate, infra sub- 
acuminato; margine dorsali rectiusculo, paulo declivi; 
latere antico breviusculo ; margine dorsali valde de- 
clivi, ligamento mogno, prominenti, dentibus cardina- 
libus crassis, lateralibus remotis maguis, crassissimis. 
cLospp TrLiina. Shell short, roundly-squarish, 
solid, pale buff, golden-tinted near the umboes, 
smooth, marked with very thin short irregular lines, 
rather pink within, with pale rays; posterior side 
rather square, obtusely angular, widely truncated, 
subacuminated beneath, with dorsal margin auch 
sloped ; ligament large, prominent; cardinal teeth 
thick ; lateral remote, large, very thick. 
Desnayes, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1854. 
Hab. 
St. Vincent’s, West Indies. 
This shell is remarkable for its thick, solid, obtuse cha- 
racter. 

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THE 
Species 295. (Mus. Crosse.) 
Tel. testd subtrigond, alta, 
crassa, sublzvigata, pallidée fulvd, tumidd, concentrice 
tenuiter rugatd ; latere postico brevi, plicato-angulato ; 
margine dorsali usque ad terminum basalem acumina- 
tum declivi; latere antico paulo breviore, converd, 
cardine lato, crasso, dentibus cardinalibus duobus et 
uno; ligamento maximo, elongato. 
Yanrat TELLINA. 
rather smooth, pale fulvous, tumid, concentrically 
finely wrinkled; posterior side short, with a flexuous 
angle, dorsal margin sloped to the acuminated basal 
Shell subtrigonal, elevated, thick, 
termination; anterior side a little shorter, convex ; 
hinge broad, thick; cardinal teeth two aud one ; 
ligament large, elongated. 
Crossk anD Depraux, Prayilia Yantaiensis, ‘Journal de 
Hab, 
Conchylhiologie,’ 1863, p. 78. 
Yan Tai, China. 
This species presents a strong contrast to our British 
Tellina or Fragilia fragilis. 
TELLINA GLABRELLA. 
Desuayes, MS. Brit. 
Hab. 

Species 296. (Mus. Brit.) 
Tel. testa subtrigond, compressa, 
equivalvi, viv posticé fleruosd, albd, minute concen- 
trice striata; latere postico breviusculo, acute angu- 
lato, ared postangulari angustd; margine dorsali valde 
depresso et declivi; margine ventrali ante angulum 
sursum acclivi, paulo eacavato, medio rectiusculo, um- 
bonibus elevatis, acutis ; latere antico lato; margine 
dorsali convewo-declivi, dentibus cardinalibus parvis, 
lateralibus nullis. 
SMOOTH SMALL TELLINA. 
pressed, equivalve, very slightly flexuous posteriorly, 
Shell subtrigonal, com- 
white, minutely concentrically striated ; posterior 
side rather short, acutely angular ; postangular area 
narrow, with dorsal margin much depressed and 


rzin in front of angle sloped up- 
sloped ; ventral marg 
wards, a little excavated; middle rather straight ; 
umboes elevated sharp; anterior side wide, dorsal 
margin convexly 
lateral teeth. 
sloped; cardinal teeth small, no 
Mus. 

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October, 1868. 
