TELLINA. 
Puate LVII. 
Species 334. (Mus. Brit.) 
TELLINA SEMI-INFLATA. el. testé parva, tenui, tenwis- 
simé striata, pallidé succined, iridescenti, inequi- 
laterali, subovatd ; latere postico acuminato, plica 
rotunda radiato, anteplicam depresso, termino 
acuminato ; latere antico obliquo inflato ; dentibus 
cardinalibus minutis, lateralibus nullis. 
HALF-INFLATED TELLINA. Shell small, thin, 
very finely striated, pale amber, iridescent, in- 
equilateral, subovate ; posterior side acuminated, 
rayed with a rounded fold, depressed in front 
of the angle, end acuminated; anterior side 
oblique, inflated; cardinal teeth small, lateral 
none. 
Sowersy. 
Hab. 
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Species 335. (Mus. Brit.) 
TeLLINA RADIANS. Tel. testa crassa, subrotundd, 
tumadd, concentrice minute liratd, ad umbones 
purpurea, medio et ad margines obscuré fulvo, 
fusciis rubris continuis radiato, intus medio 
aurantia cardine valvo, margine albo ; latere pos- 
tico breviusculo, validé flexuoso, margine dorsali 
declivi, margine ventrali ante plicam posticam 
sursum acclivi, excavato ; latere antico tumido, 
rotundo, latere ventrali oblique convexo; um- 
bonibus elevatis, rotundis ; dentibus cardinalibus 
duobus et uno, dente laterali postico remoto, antero 
approximato. 
THe RaApDIATING TeLtina. Shell thick, subrotund, 
tumid, concentrically minutely ridged, purple at 
the umboes, dull fawn in the middle and at the 
borders, rayed with continuous red bands, within 
orange in the middle, pink on the hinge, white at 
the border; posterior side rather short, with strong 
flexure, dorsal margin sloped, ventral margin in 
front of the fold sloped upwards, excavated ; ante- 
rior side turned, round, ventral margin obliquely 
convex; umboes elevated, round; cardinal teeth 
two, one; lateral posterior tooth remote, anterior 
approximate. 
Desnayes. Proc. Zool. Soc., 1854, p. 366. 
Hab, ——(?) 



Species 336. (Mus. Cuming, in Mus. Brit.) 
TeLLINA semiasPera. Tel. testa alba, subcompressd, 
oblongo-ovatd, solidd, medio concentricé tenui- 
lirata, ad latera squamis parvis oblique depositis 
rugatd ; latere postico truncato, radiatim validé 
angulato, anygulo serrato, margine dorsali subde- 
clivi, recti termino late truncato, margine ventrali 
convexo, ante angulum sursiim acclivi ; ligamento 
parvo; cardini trigono, dentibus cardinalibus 
tenuibus, laminatis, lateralibus nullis. 
THE HALF-ROUGHENED TELLINA. Shell white, subcom- 
pressed, oblong-ovate, solid, finely concentrically 
ridged in the middle, roughened at the sides with 
obliquely placed small scales; posterior side trun- 
cated, radiately strongly angulated, angle serrated, 
dorsal margin somewhat sloped, straight, end 
widely truncated, ventral margin convex, sloped 
upwards in front of the angle, ligament small, hinge 
trigonal, cardinal teeth thin, laminar, lateral none. 
DESHAYES. 
Hab, Australia. (?) 

Species 337. (Mus. Brit.) 
Tel. testa ovatd, solida, concentricé sul- 
aurantia, interruptim fusco radiata et 
TELLINA RUFA. 
cata, 
coloribus variis angulatim pictd ; versus laterem 
dextrum subarcuatd, in valvuld sinistrd prope 
canalem posticum levigata ; latere postico, in val- 
vula dextra radiatim costato, in vavuld sinistra 
canaliculatd, margine dorsali declivi, termino trun- 
cato, infra angulatd. 
Tue RuFous TELLINA. Shell ovate, solid, concentrically 
sulcated, orange, interruptedly rayed with brown 
and angularly painted with various tints ; slightly 
arched towards the right side, in the left valve 
smooth near the posterior canal; posterior side 
in the right valve radiately ribbed, in the left 
valve canaliculated; dorsal margin sloped, end 
truncated, angular beneath. 
Desnayes. Proc. Zool. Soc., 1854, p. 367. 
Hab. (?) 
A species in some degree resembling Tedlina exculta, 
but differing in general appearance, and some slight 

characters. 
April, 1869. 
