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70. Tellina sincera (pi. l/x. f. 144.) Ilanley^ Zool. Proc. Ps 

 1844. ' ' 



T. testu T. Caryiar'ue simillima, sed majore, latiorc, compressa et 

 albida ; striis tenuioribus ; ligamcnto vakte augusto ; iiatibiis pau- 

 lubim ad latus anticum s])ectaiitibus ; inargine ventrali solum sub- 

 arcuato ; dentibus luteralibus conspicuis, subaeqiudistantibus. 



Extremely bkeC«;7?am,but larger, broader, white and depressed; 

 the ligament extremely narrow ; sculpture still finer, beaks slightly 

 curved forward, ventral edge less arcuated ; lateral teeth conspi- 

 cuous and subequidistant. 



N. W. Coast of America, (Dr. Sinclair) . 



»^ 71. Tellina pisiformis (pi. Ivi. f. 30.) Lin. Syst. 1120.; 

 Dillwyn. D. Cat. p. 102. ; Wood. Gen. Con. p. 194. 



T. testa parva,suborbiculari, soHdiuscula, ventricosa, nitidiuscula, 

 albido-rosea ; oblique substriata, striis postice angulo acuto re- 

 flexis ; margine ventrali convexo ; dorsali antice brevi subrecto et 

 paulidum dechvi, postice convexo et valde dechvi; extremitate 

 antica obtusa ; latere postico longiore, rotundato ; natibus promi- 

 nentibus; umbonibus extus intusque roseis; fiexura costaque 

 umbonali obsoletis; dentibus laterahbus distinctis, subsequidis- 

 tantibus. 



Var. Testa majore, pallide lutea. 



Small, subglobose, tolerably strong, but slightly glossy, both 

 within and without of a piidcish white with the umbones rosy, ob- 

 Hquely substriated, the striae curving posteriorwards, except over 

 the umbonal slope, (which, as well as the fold, is quite obsolete) 

 where they are met at acute angles by another set with a slight 

 anterior inclination ; ventral edge simjily convex ; front dorsal 

 edge very short, nearly straight, and scarcely sloping, the hinder 

 one convex, and greatly sloping ; anterior extremity obtuse ; pos- 

 terior side the longer and narrower, tip rounded ; beaks very pro- 

 minent ; lateral teseth distinct, and nearly equidistant. 



Var. Larger, and of an uniform pale yeUow. 



"VV. Indies. 



The Carclium dlscors of Montagu, which has erroneously been 

 inserted in the British Tauna, is evidently tliis or the succeeding 

 species. 



72. Tellina flexuosa (pi. Ivi. f. 28, 29.) Sai/. Journ. Ac. 

 N.S. ; Philad. vol. ii. p. 303. ; Hani. Des. Cat. p. 2 ; T. mirabilis, 

 ThUipp'i, Wiegm. Arcliiv. f. nat. 1841. p. 260. 



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