82 TELLINA. 



obsoletely striated, and of a pale flesh colour; cartilage 

 slope somewhat woolly, and gaping ; margin acute, and coated 

 by the epidermis, which projects beyond it ; hinge with two 

 primary teeth in one valve, and a bifid one in the other, with- 

 out any lateral teeth. 



strigosa. 23. Shell ovate, transversely wrinkled 

 towards the margin, rounded at one end, and 

 produced and inflected at the other. 



Tellina strigosa. Gmelin, p. 3239- Wood's Conch, p. 177. 



Tellina, No. 86. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 24. 



Le Vagal. Adanson, Senegal, p. 232. t. 17- f- 19. 



Inhabits the sandy shores of Mbao. Adanson. Western coast 

 of Africa. Gmelin. Macao, one of the Molucca Islands. 

 Wood. 



Shell varies considerably in size, but commonly about an inch 

 and a half long, and two inches and a half broad ; white, 

 somewhat like agate, and transversely marked with bands, 

 which are yellowish in young shells, and greyish violet in old 

 ones. Adanson says there are two small teeth in one valve, 

 and three in the other, but makes no distinction between pri- 

 mary and lateral. 



laevigata. 24. Shell ovate, nearly smooth, except 

 on the slope, which is roughly striated; late- 

 ral teeth margined. 



Tellina laevigata. Linnceus Syst. Nat. p. 103. Chemnitz, 

 vi. p. 120. t. 12. f. 111. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 649- 

 t. 7. f. 10. Gmelin, p. 3232. Wood's Conch, p. 160. 

 t. 41. f. 1. 

 Inhabits the European and Indian Ocean. Linnceus. West In- 

 dies. Chemnitz. 

 Shell about two inches long, and two and three quarters broad, 

 with decussated striae, which are almost imperceptible, ex* 

 cept on the angular slope ; the colour is white, with obsolete 

 concentric yellowish bands, and longitudinal faint red rays ; 

 the inside is generally reddish ; the hinge has two primary 

 teeth in each valve, and the lateral teeth near them. 



madagascariensis. 25. Shell oval, compressed, 

 somewhat pointed at one end, and finely 

 striated transversely ; hinge with a lateral 

 tooth in only one valve. 



