TELLINA AM@NA. 
THE 
TELLINA.—Ptate LVIIL. 
Species 344, (Mus, Cuming, in Mus. Brit.) 
Tel. testa oblongo-subovatd solidd, 
subobliqud, concentricé tenui laminatd, prope um- | 
bones aurantia, prope margines fulvis; radiis paucis | 
angustibus notatis lineatd ; 
latere postico bre- 
viori, acute approximate biangulata, super angulos 
acuté lirato, ared postangulari brevi, angustd, | 
ligamento prominenti, margine ventrali contracto, | 
excavato ; latere antico producto, dente laterali 
postico remoto inconspicuo, antico approximato, | 
parvo. | 
PLEASANT TELLINA. Shell oblong, subovate, solid, | 
suboblique, concentrically finely laminated, orange 
near the umboes, fawn near the umboes, lineated 
with few narrow rays; posterior side acutely 
triangular, sharply and prominently ridged upon 
the angles; postangular area short, narrow liga- 
ment prominent, ventral margin contracted, exca- | 
vated; anterior side produced; posterior lateral 

tooth remote, inconspicuous, anterior approximate, | Drsayns. 
Hab. The Amboyna. 
small. 
| DESHAYES. 
| Hab. Chinese Seas. 
TreLLInA AMBOYNENSIS. 
Tue Ampoyna TELLINA. 
Proc. Zool. Soc., 1854, p. 369. 
Differing from Tellina Cumingii in its less compressed 
and more oblique form. 

Species 345. (Mus. Cuming, in Mus. Brit.) 
Tel. testa recta, ovata, oblonga, 
laevigata, compressa, pallide fulva, epidermide fulvo 
virrdiscenti, latere postico subtruncato, hiante, brevi- 
usculo, acute biangulato, versiis laterem deatrum 
leviter arcuato, cardine tenui, dentibus lateralibus 
nullis ; latere antico producto, equaliter semiovato. 
Shell straight, ovate, oblong, 
smooth, compressed, pale fawn, epidermis greenish- 
fawn ; posterior side subtruncated, gaping, rather 
the shorter, acutely biangular, arched gently to- 
wards the right side, hinge thin; lateral teeth, 
none; anterior side produced, equally semi- 
ovate. 
Proce. Zool. Soc., 1854, p. 566. 

