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Inhabits ■ 



No author has described this species besides Gualter, who 

 says it is of a greenish white colour, and from his figures it 

 appears to be nine lines long, and ten broad. 



gari. 12. Shell oval, with transverse striae decus- 

 sated in the middle, and the lateral teeth 

 obsolete. 



Tellina Gari. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 147. Chemnitz, vi. 

 p. 100. t. 10. f. 92. Schroeter EinL ii. p. 644. t. 7. f. 

 9. Gmelin, p. 3229- Wood's Conch, p. 47- 

 Rumphius, t. 45. f. D. Petiver Amb. t. 17. f. 15. 

 Variety. Shell rough with diverging striae. 



Tellina, No. 10. Schroeter EinL lii. p. 5. 

 Chemnitz, vi. p. 102. t. 10. f. 94. 



Inhabits the roasts of Amboyna. Rumphius. The Molucca 

 Islands. Chemnitz. China. Humphreys. 



Shell about three quarters of an inch long, and more than 

 twice as broad; it is a little inflected at the anterior end, 

 and has transverse wrinkles crossed in the middle by perpen- 

 dicular, or rather oblique striae ; the colour varies consider- 

 ably, but is generally pale grey or whitish, either with or 

 without brown, red, or bluish rays ; the hinge is not quite 

 central, but is rather nearer the posterior than the anterior end. 



ferroensis. 13. Shell ovate-oblong, compressed, 

 and finely striated transversely ; hinge with- 

 out lateral teeth. 



Tellina Ferroensis. Chemnitz, vi. p. 99- t. 10. f. 91. 



Ma ton and Racket, in Lin. Trans, viii. p. 49- Dorset 



Cat. p. 29- t. 6\ f . 1. Wood's Conch, p. 164. f.' 1. 

 Tellina fervensis. Gmelin, p. 3235. Montagu Test. p. 55. 

 Tellina incarnata. Pennant, iv. p. 88. t. 47- f. 31. 

 Tellina radiata. Da Costa Brit. Conch, p. 209. t. 14. f. 1. 

 Tellina angulata. Born. Mus. p. 30. t. 2. f. 5. 

 Tellina Bornii. Gmelin, p. 3231. 

 Tellina trifasciata. Donovan, ii. t. 60. 

 Tellina, No. 9. Schroeter EinL iii. p. 5. and No. 78. p. 



22. 

 Lister Anim. Ang. t. 1. f. 8, and Conch, t. 394. f. 241. 



Petiver Gaz. t. 94. f. 9. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Britain. Lister, Sfc. Ferrbe Islands 

 and Norway. Chemnitz. 



