84 TELLINA. 



and the lateral teeth remote. Pennant mistook Mactra stul- 

 torum for this species. 



pallescens. 27. Shell oblong, striated transversely, 

 beaked, and obliquely angulated, and the an- 

 gles slightly toothed at the anterior end ; hinge 

 central. 



Tellina rostrata. Var. Linnaus Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 48 1. 



Born. Mus. p. 35. t. 2. f. 12. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 651. 



Gmelin, p. 3233. 

 Tellina rostrata flavescens. Chemnitz, vi. p. 112, t. ii. 



f. 104. 

 Lister Conch, t. 393. f. 237- Favanne, t. 49. f. B 1. 

 Inhabits the East Indian Seas. Chemnitz. 

 Shell about an inch long, and rather more than twice as broad, 

 with transverse striae, which are somewhat imbricated, and 

 form an appearance of teeth on the angle at the anterior end ; 

 it differs from T. radiata, in having a shorter beak, the hinge 

 central, the colour yellowish, and in being rather more gib- 

 bous and narrower in proportion to its length. 



rostrata. 28. Shell oblong, compressed, and fine- 

 ly striated ; the hinge placed a little towards 

 the anterior end, which forms an angular 

 beak somewhat truncated obliquely. 



Tellina rostrata. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1118. Chemnitz, 

 vi. p. 113. t. 11. f. 103. Wood's Conch, p. 159. t. 37. 

 f. 3. 

 Tellina rostrata. Var. /■?. Born. Mus. p. 36*. 

 Lister Conch, t. 382. f. 223. Rumphius, t. 45. f. L. Pe- 

 ttier Amh. t. 17- f. 20. Gualter, t. 88. f. T. Argen- 

 tine, t. 22. f. O. Klein. Ost. t. 11. f. 63. Knorr, iv„ 

 t. 2. f. 3 and 5. Favanne, t. 49- f. B 2. Erie. Meth. 

 t. 289. f- 1 . 

 Inhabits the coasts of Amboyna. Rumphius. Java. Linnccus. 



Tranquebar. Humphreys. 

 Shell about half an inch or eight lines long, and very nearly 

 thrice as broad ; thin, compressed, polished, and has the 

 hinge placed a little beyond the centre towards the anterior 

 end, which is remarkably beaked and angulated ; both the 

 inside and outside are rose-coloured, becoming greenish 

 towards the margin ; the hinge has its primary teeth bifid, 

 and the lateral teeth remote ; the transverse striae are aot so 



