86 TELLINA. 



Tellina byalina. Gmelin, p. 3235. Wood's Conch, p. 166, 

 Tellina, No. 13. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 6. 

 Chemnitz, vi. p. 107. t. 1 J. f. 99. 



Inhabits the coasts of Guinea. Chemnitz. 



Shell an inch and a half long, and two inches and three quarters 

 broad ; white, brittle, and pellucid ; the hinge is placed 

 twice as far from the anterior as from the posterior end, and 

 has two teeth in one valve, and one in the other, without any 

 lateral teeth. 



injEQuivalvis. 32. Shell oblong-beaked, and ar- 

 cuated on the cartilage slope, with one valve 

 convex, and the other flat ; hinge somewhat 

 lateral. 



Tellina inaequivalvis. Linn&us Syst. Nat. p. 1118. Born. 

 Mus. p. 35. Chemnitz, vi. p. 115. t. 11. f. 106. Schroe- 

 ter Einl. ii. p. 652. Gmelin, p. 3233. Donovan, ii. 

 t. 41. f. 1. Montagu Test. p. 75. and Supp. p. 27. 

 Maton and Racket, in Lin. Trans, viii. p. 50. Wood's 

 Conch, p. 201. t. 47. f. 2 to 4. Brooks's Introd. p. 

 161. t. 2. f. 18. 



Anomia Tabacea. Gronovius Zooph. p. 278. t. 1 . f . 3. 



Pandora margaritacea. Lamarck Syst. des Anim. p. 137. 



Pandora. Enc. Method, t. 250. 

 Junior. Solen Pinna. Montagu Test. p. 566. t. 15. f. 3. 



Wood's Conch, p. 141. 

 Inhabits the Mediterranean. Linnaus. Coasts of Norway. 



Gronovius. Britain. Donovan, fyc. 

 Shell about half or three quarters of an inch long, and rather 



more than twice as broad ; white, rather pellucid, extending 



at one end into an obtuse beak, and the other is rounded ; 



the hinge is placed twice as far from the anterior as from the 



posterior end, and has two oblong unequal diverging teeth in 



one valve, with corresponding hollows in the other. 



TRiFAsciATA. 33. Shell ovate, rather smooth, with 

 three red rays, and the cartilage slope wrin- 

 kled. 



Tellina trifasciata. Linn&us Syst. Nat. p. 1118. Chem- 

 nitz, vi. p. 123. t. 12. f. 114. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 653. 

 Gmelin, p. 3233. Wood's Conch, p. l6l. 

 Variety. Wirii six longitudinal violet rays. 



Tellina, No. 20. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 8. 



Chemnitz, vi. p. 123. t. 12. f. 115 and 116. 



