235 



(listiiirt ; l)C!iks ncnte ; ligament sunken ; lateral teeth large, tole- 

 rably and almost iHpially close. 

 Mediterranean. 



25. Tellina Owenii (pl.lx. f.l33.) Hanlei/, ZoolVroclSU. 



T. testa ovato-oblonga, solidiuscula, subimpolita, comprcssa, 

 Ecquilatcrali, albida, concentrice et confertissime striata ; margine 

 ventrali valde arcuato ; dorsali utrinque subdeclivi, antice subrecto, 

 postice iucurvato ct lamellis subdentato ; extremitate antica rotun- 

 data ; latere postico acmniuato, subrostrato ; costa umbonali con- 

 spicua; tlexui-a satis distincta; natibus acutis; ligamento infosso; 

 disco interuo aui'antio ; deutibus lateralibus, subremotis, subsequi- 

 distantibus. 



Ovate-oblong, tolerably strong, rather dull, whitish, (with often 

 a tinge of orange in the front part of the umbones, and the internal 

 disc always of that colour,) equilateral, compressed, with crowded 

 concentric striae ; ventral edge much arcuated ; dorsal moderately 

 sloping on either side of the acute beaks, nearly straight in front, 

 incurved behind and somewhat toothed by the lamellse, (wliich in 

 some specimens commence before the conspicuous fold) ; ligament 

 sunken ; lateral teeth distinct, and nearly equally remote. 



Africa. 



26. Tellina PHAEAONis (pl.lxiii. f.215.) iZa%%, Zool.Proc. 

 1844. 



T. testa T. Vulsella similhma, sed solida lineisque elevatis con- 

 centrice striata, umbonibus aurantio-roseis ; flexura sinuata. 



Extremely like T. Vulsella, but solid, and rough ^\^th concentric 

 elevated striae ; fold sinuated. 



In the oidy specimen I have ever seen, one of the valves is of a 

 dehcate piidc, the other white tinged with the same hue, the beaks 

 of a very rosy orange and the ventral flexure so deep as to form a 

 sinus ; the lower margin is not so convex in front as in Roslmta ; 

 the front lateral tooth is distinctly crenated, but tliis is probably 

 accidental. 



Eed Sea. 



27. Tellina vulsella (pi. Ixi. f. 162, 163.) CJtem. T. ros- 

 trata, Gmel. p. 3233 (in part) ; Dd. Des. Cat. p. 84; Lam. no. 9 ; 

 Chem. vol. vi. f. 105 ; Enc. Meth. t. 289. f. 1 ; Wood, Gen. Cone, 

 t. 37. f. 3 ; Knorr. vol. iv. t. 2. f. 2, 5 ; Hani. Des. Cat. p. 62. t. 4. 

 f. 28. 



T. testa valde elongata, compressa, tenui, subpellucida, nitidis- 



