88 TELLINA. 



nitz, Schroeter, and Gmelin, probably considered it to be 

 T. solidula ; but this does not even belong to the subdivision 

 in which Linnaeus has placed T. incarnata, and Mr. Wood 

 says he has reason to suppose it is T. tenuis. 



opalina. 36. Shell oval, pellucid, with a white 

 rib in each valve, extending from the hinge to 

 the margin. 



Tellina opalina. Chemnitz, vi. p. 118. t. 12. f. 107 and 

 108. Schreber's Conch, i. p. 30. Ulysses' Travels, p. 

 479. Wood's Conch, p. 167. 

 Tellina apelina. Gmelin, p. 3236. 

 Tellina. No. 17. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 8. 



Inhabits the coasts of the Nicobar Islands. Chemnitz. Taren- 

 tum. Ulysses. 



Shell an inch long, and an inch and a half broad ; thin, white, 

 diaphanous, finely striated transversely, and reflecting differ- 

 ent colours, like pearl or opal ; a white rib in each valve 

 forms the angle of the anterior slope, and extends from the 

 hinge to the margin. 



LANCRb$ATA. 37. Shell oval-oblong, compressed, 

 thin, pellucid, finely striated transversely, 

 and acuminated at the anterior end. 



Tellina lanceolata. Chemnitz, vi. p. 111. t. 11. f. 103. 

 Gmelin, p. 3236. Wood's Conch, p. 167. t.45. f. 2. 



Tellina, No. 16. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 7. 

 Inhabits the East Indian Seas. Chemnitz. 

 Shell about seven or nine lines long, and nearly thrice as broad, 



white or reddish, rounded at one end, and slightly inflected 



and lance-shaped at the other ; the hinge is without lateral 



teeth in one valve. 



sanguinea. 38. Shell oblong-oval, transversely 

 striated, angular, and somewhat beaked at 

 the anterior end ; hinge with pointed lateral 

 teeth. 

 Tellina sanguinea. Wood's Conch, p. 159. t. 44. f. 2. 



Inhabits ■ 



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

 and is described by Mr. Wood to be thin, of a red colour, 

 strongly striated transversely, and crossed by almost imper- 

 ceptible longitudinal striae ; it is very slightly inflected at the 



