92 TELLINA. 



Tellina Fabula. Gronovius Zoopfa p. 278. t. 18. f. Q. 

 Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 23. Gmelin, p. 3239. Donovan, 

 iii. t. 97. Montagu Test. p. 61. Maton and Racket, 

 in Lin. Trans, viii. p. 52. Dorset Cat. p. 30. t. 12. f. 

 3 and 3. a. Wood's Conch, p. 156. t. 45. f. 4. 

 Tellina semistriata. Solanders MSS. 

 Tellina discors. Pulteney's Dorset Cat. p. 54. 

 Inhabits the Mediterranean, and the coasts of Norway and 

 America. Gronovius. West Indies. Solander. Britain. 

 Pulteney, fyc. 

 Shell usually near three quarters of an inch long, and about 

 one third as broad ; thin, pellucid, white or yellowish, and 

 generally tinged with red about the hinge ; the anterior side 

 slopes very considerably to an obtuse point, and the other 

 end is broader, and perfectly rounded ; it is very nearly 

 allied to T. depressa, from which it may be distinguished by 

 its minute oblique striae, and these sometimes, though very 

 rarely, occur in both valves. 



vitrea. 47. Shell sub-oval, flattish, with trans- 

 verse and minute longitudinal stria? ; hinge 

 Avithout lateral teeth. 



Tellina vitrea. Gmelin, p. 3235. 



Tellina, No. 15. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 7. 



Tellrnnla fragilissima. Chemnitz, vi. p. 108. t. 11. f. lOi. 

 Inhabits the Baltic, and Northern Ocean. Chemnitz. 

 This shell is of the same size, and from Chemnitz's description, 



appears to be very nearly allied to T. striata, but the hinge 



is said to have a solitary primary tooth in one valve, and 



two in the other, without any lateral teeth. 



striata. 48. Shell sub-oval, flattish, with trans- 

 verse, and very minute longitudinal striae ; 

 hinge with strong lateral teeth in both valves. 



Tellina striata. Gmelin, p. 3238. Montagu Test. p. 60. 



Maton and Racket, in Lin. Trans, viii. p. 33. Wood's 



Conch, p. 60. 

 Gualter, t. 89- f. C. 

 ( Inhabits the coasts of Dorsetshire, very rare. Montagu. 

 Mr. Montagu's shell measured five-eighths of an inch long, 

 and one inch broad, but Gualter's figure, which he quotes, is 

 much larger ; in most other respects it resembles T. Balaus- 

 tina but may be distinguished by its regular transverse striae, 

 which, when magnified, appear to be crossed by minute Ion- 



