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T. testa T. splendida simillima, sed striis sulcisque exilioribus 

 et magis confertis; utraque valvula striis arciiatis obliquis ad 

 extremitatem posticam notata; superficie interna purpurea, albo 

 postice biradiata. 



Extremely like the last, but in addition to the superior delicacy 

 and more crowded arrangement of both sulci and strise, the pos- 

 terior end is distinguished by the possession of those curved ob- 

 hque striae wliich we perceive less distinctly in Curnaria; the 

 inner surface is adorned posteriorly with two wliite or pale rays on 

 a purpHsh ground. 



Senegal. 



69. Tellina caenakia (phlvi. f. 37, 38.) Lin. 1119 ; Chem. 

 vol. 6. f. 126 ; Wood, Gen. Conch, t. 40. f. 4 ; List. t. 339. f.l76. 

 Hani. Des. Cat. p. 72. t. 4. f. 79; Lucina carnaria, Lam. no. 8; 

 Strigilla carnaria, TuH. Brit. Biv. p. 117. t, 7. f. 15. 



T. testa suborbiculari, convexa, subinsequivalvi, inaequilaterah, 

 soHdiuscula, nitida, albido-rosea, (intus rosea), varie et exihter stri- 

 ata, striis medio obHquis, radiantibus, ad latus posticum spectan- 

 tibus ; antice flexuosis et cum striis mediis anguhun formantibus ; 

 postice tenuissimis, confertissimis, arcuatis (nonnunquam subob- 

 soletis, et cum striis mediis angulum acutissimum formantibus) ; 

 margine ventrah subarcuato ; dorsali utrinque subrecto, decHvi, 

 antice brevi, postice elongato ; extremitate antica obtusa, supeme 

 subangulata ; latere postico valde longiore, attenuato, ad extremi- 

 tatem rotundato; flexura costaque umbonaH obsoletis; dentibus 

 lateralibus distinctis, subsequidistantibus. 



Suborbicular, convex, moderately strong, glossy, pink, rose-co- 

 loured, or whitish more or less tinged with pink, most dehcately 

 striated in various directions; strise on the anterior area very 

 flexuous and forming an angle with those on the central area, 

 which obhquely radiate posteriorward ; strise on the posterior slope 

 extremely fine, curved, and meeting at a very acute angle ; ventral 

 edge arcuated ; anterior side much the shorter, its extremity obtuse, 

 and subangulated above, its dorsal edge short and moderately 

 sloping, posterior extremity rounded and narrowed, tlie dorsal edge 

 greatly sloping and nearly straight; a small lunule; hgament 

 sunken ; umbonal ridge and flexure nearly obsolete ; beaks in- 

 curved ; inside rosy ; lateral teeth distinct and nearly equidistant. 



W. Indies ; W. Columbia. 



The shell is deeper from the umbones to the ventral margin, 

 than in Splendida ; the posterior and central strise are often divi- 

 ded by a smooth radiating space. 



