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1844) Ab. und Bes. Concli. \mvt 5. t. 5. f. 7 ; T. puella, Jlanlcj/, 

 Zool. Proc. (November) 1844. 



T. testa iiiPRqiiilaterali, tenui, ventricosa, Isevi, niticliuscula, extus 

 intusque albido-rosea aut pallide carnea ; margine ventrali antice 

 arcuato, postice sursum acclinato; dorsab' antice primum retuso 

 et vix decbvi delude arcuato satisque declivi, postice primum sub- 

 recto deinde convexiusculo et valde decKvi ; latere antico loiigiore, 

 rotundato; postico brevi, et obtuse angulato; ilexura costaquc 

 imibonali baud conspicuis sed satis distinctis ; lunula parva, im- 

 pressa ; natibus obtusis ; ligamento angusto, prominulo ; deutibus 

 parvis ; laterabbus remotis, subsequidistantibus. 



Ovate, tliiu, inequilateral, ventricose, smootli, rather glossy, pink 

 or flesh-coloured both externaUj and internally ; ventral edge ar- 

 cuated in front, rising posteriorly ; dorsal edge convex and but 

 little sloping in front, slightly convex and much sloping behind ; 

 anterior side the longer, rounded ; posterior side short, narrowed 

 and angulated ; umbonal ridge nearly obsolete, ventral flexure dis- 

 tinct ; beaks obtuse ; ligament rather prominent ; teeth small, the 

 lateral distant and nearly equaUy remote. 



Senegal. 



Dr. Phihppi^s pubKcation had not reached me at the date of my 

 describing this very distinct species. 



61. Tellina striatula (pi. bd. f. 175.) Zam. no. 33; Enc. 

 Meth. t. 292. f. 1 ; T. liippopoidea, Jouas, Ab. und Bes. Concli. 

 part 3. t. 5. f. 1. 



T. testa sublenticulari, subobhqua, paiddum subingequivaha, 

 solidiuscula, subnitida, Candida, sublsevigata ; margine ventrali 

 valde acuto, postice sursmn accKnato; dorsali antice convexo, 

 satisque declivi, postice subrecto et valde decHvi ; natibus acutis, 

 prominentibus ; flexura ventrali subinconspicua ; area postica dor- 

 sali marginibus acutis costaj umbonahs circumsepta, planidata 

 aut subconcava ; ligamento infosso ; latere antico longiore, rotun- 

 dato; extremitate postica breviter acuminata; superficie interna 

 nivea ; dentibus laterabbus magnis, antico approximato. 



Sublenticular, rather oblique, very shghtly inec{uivalve, not very 

 strong, convex, shghtly glossy, wliite, nearly smooth, (being only 

 marked with most indistinct minute radiating lines near the" arcu- 

 ated ventral margin wliich rising upward posteriorly almost forms 

 a rectangle with the nearly straight and strongly sloping ligamental 

 edge ; front side the longer, extremity rounded,' dorsaFedge convex 

 and moderately sloping; beaks acute and prominent, shghtly curving 



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