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70. Tellina sincera (pi. lix. f. 144.) Ilanley, Zool. Proc. 

 1844. ^ 



T. testa T. Carvarirp simillima, seel majore, latiore, compressa et 

 albida ; striis tcnuioribus ; ligamento valdc angusto ; iiatibus pau- 

 lulum ad latus anticum spectantibus ; margine veiitrali solum sub- 

 arcuato ; deiitibus lateralibus conspicuis, subiEquidistantibus. 



Extremely VkeCarnaria,hvX larger, broader, white and depressed; 

 the ligament extremely narrow ; sculpture still finer, beaks slightly 

 curved forward, ventral edge less arcuated ; lateral teeth conspi- 

 cuous and subequidistant. 



N. W. Coast of America, (Dr. Sinclair). 



71. Tellina pisiformis (pi. Ivi. f. 30.) Lin. Syst. 1120.; 

 Dillwyn. D. Cat. p. 102. ; Wood. Gen. Con. p. 194. 



T. testa parva,suborbiculari, solidiuscula, ventricosa, nitidiuscula, 

 albido-rosea ; oblique substriata, striis postice angulo acuto re- 

 flexis ; margine ventrali convexo ; dorsah antice brevi subrecto et 

 paululum decHvi, postice convexo et valde decUvi; extremitate 

 antica obtusa ; latere postico longiore, rotundato ; natibus promi- 

 nentibus; umbonibus extus intusque roseis; flexura costaque 

 umbonaH obsoletis; dentibus lateralibus distinctis, subsequidis- 

 tantibus. 



Var. Testa majore, pallide lutea. 



Small, subglobose, tolerably strong, but slightly glossy, both 

 within and without of a pinkish white witli the mnbones rosy, ob- 

 liquely substriated, the striae curving posteriorwards, except over 

 the mnbonal slope, (wliich, as weU as the fold, is quite obsolete) 

 where they are met at acute angles by another set with a shght 

 anterior inclination; ventral edge simply convex; front dorsal 

 edge very short, nearly straight, and scarcely sloping, the hinder 

 one convex, and greatly sloping ; anterior extremity obtuse ; pos- 

 terior side the longer and narrower, tip rounded ; beaks very pro- 

 minent ; lateral teeth distinct, and nearly equidistant. 



Var. Larger, and of an uniform pale yellow. 



W. Indies. 



The Cardium discors of Montagu, wliich has erroneously been 

 inserted in the British Fauna, is evidently tliis or the succeeding 

 species. 



72. Tellina flexuosa (pi. Ivi. f. 28, 29.) Sai/. Journ. Ac. 

 N.S. ; Philad. vol. ii. p. 303. ; Hani. Des. Cat. p. 2 ; T. mirabilis, 

 Vhilippi, Wiegm. Archiv. f. nat. 1841. p. 260. 



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