80 TELLINA. 



oblonga. 18. Shell oblong, brittle, and inflected at 

 the anterior end ; hinge with two primary 

 teeth in one valve, and one in the other. 



Tellina oblonga. Gmelin, p. 3234. Wood's Conch, p. 163. 



Tellina carinata. Ulysses Travels, p. 479- 



Tellina, No. 7. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 3. 



Chemnitz, vi. p. 97. t. 10. f. 87. 

 Inhabits the European Ocean. Chemnitz. 

 Shell about three quarters of an inch long, and fourteen lines 



broad, somewhat ovate, inflected at one end, and rounded at 



the other ; the hinge is not quite central, and the colour 



yellowish. 



spengleri. 19. Shell oblong, with the two valves 

 bent in opposite directions, and a row of 

 spines in each, running towards the hinge at 

 both ends. 



Tellina Spengleri. Chemnitz, vi p. 93. t 10. f. 88 to 90. 



Gmelin, p. 3234. Wood's Conch, p T 63. t. 37. f. 2. 

 Tellina dentex. Solander's MSS. Portland Cat. p. 113. 



lot 2476. and p. 1 16. lot 2553. 

 Tellina, No. 8. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 4. 

 Spengler. Besch. Berl. Naturf. i. p. 387. t. 9- f- 1 to 3. 

 Enc. Method, t. 287. f. 5. 



Inhabits the Coasts of the Nicobar Islands. Chemnitz. Coro- 

 mandel. Solander. China. Humphreys. 



Shell about three quarters of an inch long, and thrice as broad, 

 with a narrow inflected beak, and the hinge nearly central, 

 but somewhat nearer the posterior end ; it is strongly striated 

 transversely, and at both ends there is a ridge of teeth in 

 each valve, running downwards from the hinge ; the umbones 

 are red, and the rest of the shell white; hinge with two 

 primary teeth in one valve, and one in the other, besides 

 remote lateral teeth. 



foliacea. 20. Shell oval, striated transversely, and 

 the cartilage slope toothed on the margin. 



Tellina foliacea. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1117. Chem- 

 nitz, vi. p. 103. t. 10. f. 95. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 647. 

 Gmelin, p. 3232. Wood's Conch, p. 154. t. 36. f. 1. 



Rumphius, t. 45. f. K. Petiver Amb. t. 17- f. 17. dr- 

 genville, t. 22. f. E. Klein. Ost. t. 11. f. 64. Knorr. 

 v. t. 29. f. 2. Favanne, t. 49. f. S. 2. Enc. Method. 

 t. 287. f. 4. 



