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descent epidermis; ventral edge nearly straight; anterior side 

 slightly the longer, rounded at its extremity, its dorsal edge 

 scarcely convex and strongly sloping; ligament not prominent; 

 fold and flexure obsolete ; inside orange, a single small approxi- 

 mate lateral tooth. 



Cliusan, Cliina. 



I have received the species from Dr. Pliilippi with the proposed 

 name of T. caniea, but know not whether he has subsequently 

 pubUshed it. 



123. Tellina fabula (pl.lvii. f.62.) Gmeli7i, 3239; Donov. 

 Brit. Shells, vol. iii. t. 97 ; Wood, Gen. Conch, p. 156. t. 45. f. 4 ; 

 Lam. no. 24 ; Pliilip. En. Mol. Sic. p. 26 ; Hani. Des. Cat. p. 64. 

 t. 3. f. 23. 



T. testa ovato-oblonga, tenui, compressa, nitida, extus intusque 

 Candida, subsequilaterah, antice rotundata, postice cuneiformi; 

 valvula altera laevigata ; margine ventrali subrecto, postice sursum 

 acclinato ; dorsali antice subdeclivi et convexo, postice declivi et 

 juxta ligamentum prominens retuso, deinde magis minusve con- 

 vexo ; flexura obsoleta ; dente lateraK approximato, distincto. 



Ovate-oblong, thin, compressed, glossy, wliite within and with- 

 out, nearly equilateral, rounded in fi'ont, wedge-shaped beliind ; 

 one valve smooth, the other with crowded oblique striae ; ventral 

 edge nearly straight, and rising posteriorly ; front dorsal margin 

 moderately sloping and convex, posterior one declining and near 

 the prominent ligament retuse, but afterwards more or less convex ; 

 lateral tooth approximate, distinct. 



Britain, Europe. 



T. fragilUssima of Chemnitz, vol. vi. f. 101, [T. vitrea of 

 Gmelin), is usually considered as a bad representation of this 

 species. 



1 24. Tellina tenuis (pi. Iviii. f. 81, 82.) Da Costa, Brit. 

 Conch, p. 210. Wood. Gen. Conch, p. 155. t. 44. f. 3, 4.; Mont.Tes. 

 Brit. 1. p. 59.; Lam. no. 25. Hani. Des. Cat. p. 64. t. 3. f. 22.; 

 Pliilip. En. Mol. Sic. 1. p. 27.; T. balaustina, Dillw. D. Cat. p. 93. 



T. testa ovali, tenuiuscula, compressa, nitidissima, subfequilate- 

 rali, intus extusque alba, aurantia aurantio-rubra aut rosea, laevigata; 

 margine ventrali antice convexo, postice sursum acclinato ; dorsali 

 antice convexo subdecKvi, postice declivi et juxta ligamentum pro- 

 minens retuso ; latere antico paulo longiore, rotundato ; antico ob- 

 tuse angulato ; flexura costaque mnbonali subinconspicuis ; dente 

 laterali minimo, approximato. 



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