TELLINA DIEMENENSIS. 
THE 
TELLINA.—Puate LVI. 
Species 333. (Mus. Cuming, in Mus. Brit.) 
Tel. testa oblique subtrigond, 
tenm, semi-pellucidd, pallidissime fulvd, elevatd, 
levigata, equivalui, ineequilaterali ; latere postico 
brevt, acuminato, obtuse angulato, convpresso, versus 
laterem dextrum arcuato, margine dorsale depresso, 
declivi, ared post angulari angustd, termino sub- 
truncato ; margine ventrali sursim acelivi, liga- 
mento parvo ; umbonibus elevatis, retrorsis ; latere 
antico inflate, lato, margine dorsali convexo ; 
dentibus cardinalibus parvis, dente antero laterali 
approximato, postico nullo. 
Vanpiemen’s Lanp Texuina. Shell obliquely 
subtrigonal; thin, semipellucid, very pale fawn, 

elevated, smooth, equivalve, inequilateral; pos- 
terior side short, acuminated, obtusely angular, 
compressed, curved towards the right side; dorsal 
margin depressed, sloped, post-angular area 
narrow, end subtruncated; ventral margin 
sloped upwards, ligament small, umboes elevated, 
leaning backwards; anterior side inflated, wide, 
dorsal margin convex; cardinal teeth small, 
anterior lateral tooth approximate, posterior 
none. 
Dersnayes. Proc. Zool. Soc., 1854, p. 361. 
Hab. Van Diemen’s Land, 
Much 
Tellina deltoidalis. 
lighter, thinner, and more curved than 
