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T. testa oblongo-cuneiformi, tenui, compressiuscula, insequilate- 

 rali, nitida, Isevi, iiitus extusque rosea^ albo bii-adiata ; radiis latis 

 submediis ; margine ventrali convexiusculo (flexura obsoleta) ; dor- 

 sali antice vix convexiusculo et subdeclivi, postice subrecto et valde 

 declivi ; extremitate lateris antici longioris rotundata ; extremitate 

 postica brevi, cuneiformi ; dente lateral! parvo, subapproximato. 



Oblong-wedge-sbaped, thin, rather compressed, inequilateral, 

 glossy, smooth, rosy both within and without, with an anterior and 

 posterior subcentral broad white ray; ventral margin slightly con- 

 vex and devoid of flexure ; anterior side the longer, its extremity 

 rounded, its dorsal edge scarcely convex and little sloping ; hinder 

 extremity short and wedge-shaped, the ligamental edge nearly 

 straight ; the lateral tooth small and nearly approximate. 



Eed Sea (M. Clery.) 



112. Tellina Hiberna (pi. Ivii. f. 53.) Kanley, Zool. Proc. 

 1844. 



T. testa oblonga, solida, compressiuscula, valde insequilaterali, 

 subnitida, extus intusque Candida, laevigata ; margine ventrali sub- 

 recto; dorsah antice convexiusculo et paululum declivi, postice pri- 

 miim convexo deinde subincurvato ; latere antico producto rotun- 

 dato ; postico brevi, cuneiformi ; flexura subobsoleta ; ligamento pro- 

 minulo ; dente laterah, magno, approximato. 



Oblong, sohd, rather compressed, very inequilateral, rather 

 glossy, white both witliin and without, smooth ; ventral edge 

 straightish ; front dorsal margin slightly convex and scarcely slop- 

 ing, hinder one first convex and then somewhat incurved ; anterior 

 side produced and rounded ; posterior short and wedge-shaped ; 

 flexure nearly obsolete ; ligament rather prominent ; lateral tooth 

 large, approximate. 



Panama ; Bay of Guayaquil. 



113. Tellina polita (pi. Ivii. f. 60.) 8ay. Jour. Ac. N. S. 

 Philad. 2. p. 276. ; Say. Amer. Conch, t. 65. f.2. ; Hani. Des. Cat 

 p. 65. Sup. t. 9. f. 39. 



T. testa T. Tenera affini, minus autem insequilateraH ; extremi- 

 tate postica acuta, cuneiformi ; margine ligamentali, recto. 



Allied to T. Tenera, but less inequilateral, the hgamental edge 

 straight, and the hinder extremity acute and wedge-shaped. 



Massachusets to Georgia, North America. 



114. Tellina tenera (pi. Ivii. f. 59.) 8ay. Jour. Ac. N. Sc. 

 Philad. 2. p. 303.; Hani. Des. Cat. p. 65. sup. t. 9. f. 38.; Gould 

 Invert. Massa. f. 44. p. 68. 



