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T. testa oblongo-cuneiformi, tenui, compressiuscula, insequilate- 

 ralij nitida, Isevi, intus extusque rosea, albo biradiata ; radiis latis 

 submediis ; margine ventrali convexiusculo (flexura obsoleta) ; dor- 

 sali antice vix convexiusculo et subdeclivi, postice subrecto et valde 

 declivi ; extremitate lateris antici longioris rotundata ; extremitate 

 postica brevi, cuneiformi ; dente laterali parvo, subapproximato. 



Oblong-wedge-shaped, tliin, rather compressed, inequilateral, 

 glossy, smooth, rosy both within and without, with an anterior and 

 posterior subcentral broad wliite ray; ventral margin slightly con- 

 vex and devoid of flexure ; anterior side the longer, its extremity 

 rounded, its dorsal edge scarcely convex and little sloping ; hinder 

 extremity short and wedge-shaped, the ligamental edge nearly 

 straight ; the lateral tooth small and nearly approximate. 



Eed Sea (M. Clery.) 



112. Tellina Hiberna (pi. Ivii. f. 53.) Hanley, Zool. Proc. 

 1844. r • - • 



T. testa oblonga, solida, compressiuscula, valde insequilaterali, 

 subnitida, extus intusque Candida, laevigata ; margine ventrali sub- 

 recto; dorsaH antice convexiusculo et paululum declivi, postice pri- 

 miim convexo deinde subincurvato ; latere antico producto rotun- 

 dato ; postico brevi, cuneiformi ; flexura subobsoleta ; hgamento pro- 

 minulo ; dente laterah, magno, approximato. 



Oblong, soHd, rather compressed, very inequilateral, rather 

 glossy, white both within and without, smooth; ventral edge 

 straightish ; front dorsal margin shghtly convex and scarcely slop- 

 ing, hinder one first convex and then somewhat incurved ; anterior 

 side produced and rounded ; posterior short and wedge-shaped ; 

 flexure nearly obsolete ; ligament rather prominent ; lateral tooth 

 large, approximate. 



Panama ; Bay of Guayaquil. 



113. Tellina polita (pi. Ivii. f. 60.) Say. Jour. Ac. N. S. 

 Philad. 2. p. 276. ; Say. Amer. Conch, t. 65. f.2. ; Hani. Des. Cat 

 p. 65. Sup. t. 9. f. 39. 



T. testa T. Tenera affini, minus autem insequilaterali ; extremi- 

 tate postica acuta, cuneiformi ; margine ligamentali, recto. 



Allied to T. Tenera, but less inequilateral, the hgamental edge 

 straight, and the hinder extremity acute and wedge-shaped. 



Massachusets to Georgia, North America. 



114. Tellina teneea (pi. Ivii. f. 59.) Say. Jour. Ac. N. Sc. 

 Philad. 2. p. 303.; Hani. Des. Cat. p. 65. sup. t. 9. f. 38.; Gould 

 Invert. Massa. f. 44. p. 68. 



