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lucid, nearly smooth, glossy, wliitc, the beaks rayed with rose- 

 colour, the extremities of the sides pink ; ventral edge subarcuated, 

 ascending posteriorly ; anterior side very slightly the longer, its 

 dorsal edge scarcely sloping ; posterior edge attenuated and some- 

 what beaked, its dorsal side convex and moderately sloping ; the 

 tiexure and umbonal ridge very conspicuous ; umbones tumid ; liga- 

 ment sunken ; inside whitish, a ligamental callus, and rather small 

 and nearly equidistant lateral teeth. 

 Tonga. 



43. Tellina elegaj^s (pi. Ixv. f. 241.) Gray in Wood's Ind. 

 Test. sup. 1. 1. f. 5 ; Hani. Des. Cat. p. 62. 1. 1. f. 5. 



T, testa oblongo-elongata, valde tortuosa, subinsequivalvi, sub- 

 sequilaterali, solida, poKta, subventricosa, laevigata; nivea, (intus 

 albida) roseo radiata, radiis latis versus marginem ventralem 

 arcuatum et postice acclinatum evanescentibus ; margine dorsali 

 antice convexiuscido et vix dechvi, postice leviter decHvi et prope 

 nates roseas subincurvato deinde convexo ; latere postico paididum 

 longiore, attenuato, leviter subrostrato ; extremitate postica rotun- 

 dato-angulata ; Hgamento brevi, pergrandi, prominente ; costa um- 

 bonali obsoletissima ; dentibus parvis, antico subapproximato. 



Twisted, elongated-oblong, solid, ratlier inequivalve, subequi- 

 lateral, subventricose, smooth, liigldy polished, white with broad 

 rosy rays, wliich disappear towards the arcuated and posteriorly 

 ascending ventral margin ; extremity of the anterior side rounded, 

 its dorsal edge but slightly sloping; posterior side very sUghtly 

 the longer, attenuated, obtuse at the extremity ; umbonal ridge 

 quite obsolete ; ligament peculiarly large, short, and prominent ; 

 inside wliite, the lateral teeth small and rather approximate. 



Gulf of Mexico. 



- 44, Tellina radiata (pi. Ixiii. f. 220,221.) Lin. Syst. 1117 ; 

 Lam. no. 1 ; Chem. 6. f. 102 ; Wood, Gen. Con. t. 38. f. 2, 3 ; 

 Ency. Met. t. 289. f. 2, 3 ; Haid.Des.Cat. p. 01. t.4. f.26 ; Knorr. 

 vol. iv. t. 2. f. 2, 4 ; T. unimaculata, Lam. no. 2. 



T. testa oblongo-elongata, subinsequilaterali, baud tortuosa, sub- 

 ventricosa, solida, lajvi, polita, alba, (intus flavescente) radiis roseis 

 latis plerumque omata; margine ventrali vix convexiusculo ; dor- 

 sali antice vix declivi, postice subrecto et leviter declivi ; extremi- 

 tate lateris antici longioris rotundata, lateris postici subattcnuata, 

 obtuse angulata; hgamento brevi, niagno, prominente; costa 

 umbonah obsoleta ; ilexura ventrali cons|)icua ; lunula distincta, 

 angusto-lanceolata; dentibus lateralibus validis, subaiquidistantibus. 



