94 TELLINA. 



Shell about three quarters of an inch long, and rather more 

 than an inch broad ; white, very brittle, and finely striated 

 transversely ; it is rounded at the posterior, and angulated 

 and inflected at the anterior end. 



*** Shells sub-orbicular. 



remies. 51. Shell sub-orbicular, compressed, and 

 wrinkled transversely. 



Tellina Remies. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1119* Chemnitz, 

 vi. p. 121. t. 12. f. 113. Schroeter Einl.n. p. 656. 

 Gmelin, p. 3239. Wood's Conch, p. 182. t. 38. f. 1. 

 Rumphius, t. 42. f. I. 



Inhabits the European and Indian Oceans. Linnaus. Coasts 

 of America. Wood. Nicobar Islands. Chemnitz. 



Shell about two inches and a half long, and not much more in 

 breadth ; strong, white, slightly angular, and inflected at the 

 anterior end, and regularly marked with transverse undulated 

 ridges ; the hinge has two teeth in one valve, and one in 

 the other, besides two strong lateral teeth in each, of which 

 that on the anterior side is much more remote. It appears 

 from his MSS. description and reference to Lister, t. 300. 

 f. 137, that Dr. Solander considered Venus Jamaicensis to be 

 the Linnaean T. Remies ; and he mentions a white variety, only 

 half an inch in diameter, which, he says, has been found on 

 the English coast. 



fausta. 52. Shell roundish-ovate, somewhat trun- 

 cated at the anterior end, and obsoletely 

 striated transversely. 



Tellina fausta. Solander s MSS. Pulteneys Dorset Cat. 

 p. 29. Montagu Test. p. 64. Donovan, iii. t. 98. Ma- 

 ton and Racket, in Lin. Trans, viii. p. 53. t. 1. f. 8. 

 Dorset Cat. p. 30. t. 5. f. 5. Wood's Conch, p. 185. 

 Tellina remies. Born. Mus. p. 36. t. 2. f. 11. 

 Telliua remies Var. Chemnitz, vi. p. 122. t. 12. f. 1J2. 

 Lister Conch, t. 265. f. 101. Enc. Method, t. 290. f. 2. 

 Variety. Shell larger. 

 Tellina laevis. Wood's Conch, p. 181. t. 37. f. 1. 

 Lister Conch, t. 266. f. 102. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Jamaica. Lister. West Indies. Chem- 

 nitz. Coast of Dorsetshire. Pulteney. 

 Shell generally about an inch and a half long, and two inches 



