74 TELLINA. 



marginalis. 4. Shell ovate-roundish, angulated 

 at the anterior end, and striated transversely ; 

 hinge sub-central. 



Tellina marginalis. Solander's MSS. Portland Cat. p. 



137. lot 3049. 

 Tellina virgata, Var. Chemnitz, vi. p. 88. t. 8. f. 66 and 



68. Wood's Conch, p. 145. t. S6. f. 2. ? 

 Tellina virgata. Var. #. Gmelin, p. 3229. 

 Lister Conch, t. 387. f. 234. Gualter, t. 89- f. E. Enc. 



Meth. t. 288. f. 4. 

 Inhabits the coasts of China. Humphreys. 

 Shell about two inches and a quarter long, and two inches and 

 three quarters broad, and differs from T. virgata, of which 

 it has been considered a Variety, in being so considerably 

 longer in proportion to its breadth ; the concentric striae are 

 generally less prominent, and the hinge is rather nearer the 

 anterior than the posterior end ; the colour is white, or 

 whitish with rose-coloured rays. Mr. Wood's fig. 2, and 

 Chemnitz's fig. 6Q. are smaller, and probably represent 

 young shells. 



vtrgata. 5. Shell ovate-oblong, somewhat beaked 

 and angulated at the anterior end, and rough 

 with transverse striae ; hinge central. 



Tellina virgata. Linneeus Syst. Nat. p. 1116. Born. Mus. 

 p. 30. Chemnitz, vi. p. 86. t. 8. f. 67 and 72. Schroe- 

 ter Einl. ii. p. 642. Gmelin, p. 3229. Wood's Conch. 

 p. 145. t. 35. f. 2 and 3. 

 Rumphius, t. 45. f. H. P diver Amb. t. 17. f. 19. Gual- 

 ter, t. 86. f. G. Argenville, t. 22. f. G. Knorr, ii. t. 

 2 1 . f. 4. Favanne, t. 49. f. F. 2, and F. 3. Enc. Method. 

 t. 288. f. 2. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Amboyna. Rumphius. Ceylon. Statius 

 Muller. Bay of Naples. Ulysses? Moluccas. Hum- 

 phreys. 

 Shell rather more than an inch and a half long, and two inches 

 and a quarter broad ; flattish and rough, with concentrical acute 

 striae ; the colour is yellow, with paler transverse belts, and 

 rose-coloured rays diverging from the apex ; the hinge has 

 two teeth in one valve, with a cleft tooth in the other, and 

 the lateral teeth are very prominent. Chemnitz, f. 72. is 

 smaller, and is quoted by Ulysses for a shell which he found 

 ou the coast of Naples. 



