TELLINA.—Puate LI. 
Species 303. (Mus. Brit.) 
TELLINA PLENA. Tel. testé albd, tenui, semipellucidd, 
epidermide tenui corned indutd, ovatd, inflata, equivalvi, 
valde inequilaterali, levigatd ; latere postico brevis- 
simo; margine dorsali excavato, terminali subtrun- 
cato ; latere antico inflato ; margine dorsali convexo, 
ligamento parvo ; umbonibus parvis, retrorsis ; dentibus 
lateralibus nullis. 
FULL Trnuina. Shell white, thin, semipellucid, 
covered with a thin horny epidermis, ovate, inflated, 
equivalve, very inequilateral, smooth ; posterior side 
very short, with dorsal margin excavated ; terminal 
subtruneated ; anterior side inflated ; dorsal margin 
convex ; ligament small; umboes small, inclining 
backwards ; no lateral teeth. 
SowWERBY. 
Hab. 
This shell is of a pellucid texture, nearly equally bul- 
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bous throughout. 
Species 304. (Mus. Cuming in Brit.) 
Tertiuina Ticaontca. Tel. testdé tenuissimd, pallideé sal- 
moned, oblonga, ovata, inequitaterali, tenuiter sulcata, 
valuuld deatra compressa, sinistréd paulo tumidiore ; 
latere postico breviusculo, obtuse angulato, late trun- 
cato ; latere antico oblongo, ligamento prominente. 
Tue Ticao TELLLINA. 
mon, oblong-ovate, inequilateral, finely sulcated ; 
right valve compressed, left a little more tumid ; 
Shell very thin, very pale sal- 

posterior side rather shorter, obtusely angular, widely 
truncated; anterior side oblong, ligament prominent. 
Drsuayes, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1856. 
Hab. Vicao, Philippines. 

Species 305. (Mus. Brit.) 
TELLINA constricta. el. testd ovato-pyriformi, inflata, 
albidd, tenui, tenuissime concentrice et radiatin striata, 
aquilaterali, leviter flecuosd ; latere postico breviore, 
angusto, acuminato, angulato ; ared postangulari an- 
gusta ; margine dorsali valde declivi; margine ven- 
trali ante angulum constricto ; latere antico expanso, 
inflato, umbonibus retrorsis, ligamento parvo, con- 
spicuo, dentibus lateralibus nullis; dente centrali in 
valvuld sinistra magno. 
CONSTRICTED TELLINA. Shell ovate-pyriform, in- 
flated, whitish, thin, very finely concentrically and 
radiately striated, equilateral, slightly flexuous ; 
posterior side shorter, narrow, acuminated, angular ; 
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postangular area narrow, with dorsal margin much 
sloped ; ventral margin constricted in front of the 
angle; anterior side expanded, inflated; umboes 
leaning backwards; ligament small, conspicuous ; 
lateral teeth none ; a central large tooth in the left 
valve. 
Brueuripre, EK. M. 
Hab. p 
Slightly resembling Zedlina nasuta in form, but differ- 
ing in the shortness of the pointed and posterior side. 


