TELLINA. 75 



interrupta. 6. Shell ovate-oblong, beaked, angu- 

 lated, and bent in at the anterior end, and 

 rough with transverse striae ; hinge central. 



Tellina interrupta. Solander's MSS. Callone's Cat. p. 



47. No. 861. Woods Conch, p. 146. t. 36. f. 3. 

 Tellina radiata. Meuschen Mus. Gevers, p. 460. No. 1753. 

 Tellina virgata. Var. Chemnitz, vi. p. 89. t. 8. f. 73. 

 Lister Conch, t. 399. f. 238. Favanne, t. 49- f. F. 1. 

 Enc. Meth.t. 288. f. 7. 



Inhabits the Shores of the West India Islands. Chemnitz. 



Shell about an inch and a half long, and twice as broad, and 

 has the anterior end more produced, angulated, and inflected 

 than T. virgata, from which, as well as from T. marginalis, 

 it may be at once known by its much greater breadth; it 

 differs also in colour, which is whitish, with tawny, or pale 

 reddish brown dotted rays. 



angulata. 7. Shell somewhat ovate, slightly 

 striated transversely, and bent and angulated 

 at the anterior end ; hinge without lateral 

 teeth. 



Tellina angulata. Linn&us Syst. Nat. p. 1 1 16. Chemnitz, 

 vi. p. 89- t. 9. f. 74 and 75. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 643. t. 

 7. f. 8. Gmelin, p. 3229- Wood's Conch, p. 146. t. 43. f. 1. 



Lister Conch, t. 406. f. 252. Enc. Method, t. 290. f. 3. 

 Inhabits Java. Linn&us. Coasts of Tranquebar. Chemnitz. 



Shores of the Mediterranean at Tarentum. Ulysses. 

 Shell about an inch and a half long, and rather less than two 



inches broad, somewhat inflated, white, without any coloured 



markings ; the anterior end is slightly bent and inflected, and 



the other has an abrupt slope ; the inside is white, and the 



lateral teeth are wanting. 



inflata. 8. Shell roundish, gibbous, with distant 

 transverse ridges, and fine longitudinal striae ; 

 lateral teeth remote. 



Tellina inflata. Chemnitz, vi. p. 91. t. 9- f. 76. Gmelin, 

 p. 3230. Wood's Conch, p. 149. 



Tellina, No. 2. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 2. 



Inhabits 



Shell about an inch and a half long, and two inches broad, 



white, without any coloured markings, and has the anterior 



end only slightly produced, and not bent or angulated ; there 



