Tellinidae. 1^1 



primariis binis utrinque, lateralibus nuUis; sinus pallialis elougatus, triangulus, 

 aequus in ambabus valvis. — Diam. 15 — 20 mm. 



Distrib. : Atlanticum ad Norvegiara arcticum; Balticum; Pontus. — Fossilis 

 in stratis tertiariis Rossiae, Angliae, Canadae. 



Habit.: — (K) org. prof. ; Alger, Bona (Weinkauff); litora Galliae 

 (Dubbeuil), Toulon (Gay); Napoli (Scacchi); Sicilia: Palermo (Philiiti), Messina, 

 Catania, rar. (Aradas et Bexoit); Adria: Pirano (v. Martens, Roemeb), Lesina 

 (RoE.MEB, BoTTixi). — (An indigena?) 



17. T. cumana Hakl. {Psammohla cumana 0. G. Costa, T. Cosfae Phil., 

 Macoma cmnana Bkktix). Testa ovata, compressiuscula, fere aequilatera, latere 

 postico vix breviore, angustato. obtuso, subtruncato, margine dorsali subrecto, 

 ventrali fere parallelo; concentrice striata, striis posticis distinctioribus; alba, 

 umbones versus rubens; cardo dextra dentibus 2 divergentibus, sinistra 1 plicato, 

 sinus pallialis magnus, margini parallelus. angulo angusto semifalcato. — Long. 40, 

 alt. 26 mm. 



Distrib.: Atlanticum lusitanicum; niare rubrum. — Fossilis tertiaria, 

 prope Messinam. 



Habit. : Malaga (McAndbew), Valencia, Barcelona (Hidalgo); Alger (Des- 

 HAYEs, Weixkauff, Monterosato) , Bona (Deshayes); litora Galliae (Petit, 

 Dubbeuil), les Martigues (Petit), Marseille (Bertin); litora pedemontana (Jeff- 

 BEYs); Corsica (RfiQUiEN); Spezia (Tappaeone-Canefri) ; Livorno, Marzocco (Appe- 

 lius); Napoli (Scacchi), Cuniae (0. G. Costa); Sicilia (Cantbaine), Catania 

 (Philippi, Abadas et Benoit), Palermo (Aradas et Benoit) ; Aegyptus : Ranileh 

 (Schneidek). 



m 18. T. melo Sow. Testa ovata, subobliqua, subsolida, inaequilateralis, 

 laevigata, aurautio-rubra, concentrice taeniata, intus medio rubra, margiue albo; 

 latere postico brevi, leviter liexuoso, margine dorsali declivi, prope umbones con- 

 cavo, ligamento infosso, margine ventrali sursum acclivi, termino subtruncato, 

 latere antico oblique oblongo, margine dorsali declivi, margine ventrali convexo, 

 margine cardinali crasso, dentibus lateralibus nullis. 



Habit. : Malaga (McAndbew, Hidaloo); Alger (Joly, Monterosato). 



Capsa Brug. (nec Lam., Gastrana Schum., iJiodonta Desh., Fni</ilia Desh.). 

 Sipho branchialis anali lonyior, patiim ra(/ina epidermica tectus; pes parciis com- 

 pressus; testa aequivalcis, inaecpiilatera, cunciformis, ventricosa, subtrigona, clecussata : 

 dentihus cardinalihus in valva sinistra uno majore hifido et altero minuto triangulo. 

 in dextra duohus afquaJihus divcn/cntibus, latrrcdilms nidlis. 



1. C. fragilis Morch {Tellina fra<jilis L., Petricola ochroleucaJjxyi., Psammo- 

 faea farenfina Lam., TcIIina Juc/osa Brown, Fraf/ilia fra</iUs Desh.). Testa cunei- 

 formis, postice producta, compressa, antice magis iuflata, tenuis sed haud pellu- 

 cida, striis concentricis lamellosis postice subimbricatis lineisque radiantibus vix 

 elevatis subdecussata, albido-lutescens ; ligamentum prominulum; sinus latus. liaiid 

 profundus. — Long. 35 mm. 



Distrib. : Atlanticum ad Magnani Britanniam. — Fossilis in stratis ter- 

 tiariis Europae. 



Habit. : — 30 org. prof. ; litora Hispaniae: Gibraltar (McAndrew, Jeff- 

 REYs), Malaga, Cartagena (McAndrew), Barcelona (Hidalgo); ins. balear. : Iviza. 

 Palma, Andraitx, Ciudadela, Mahon (Hidalgo); Alger (Weinkauff). Arzew, Bona. 

 Oran, Cherchel (Deshayes) ; litora Galliae (Petit) , Roussillon, la Nouvelle (Lo- 

 cabd), Cette (Granger), Palavas (Dollfus), etang de Thau (LcnARD), Marseille 

 (Bebtin), Toulon (Gay), Hyeres (Locabd); Nizza (Risso); litora pedemontana 

 Carus, Fauna mediterranea. II. H 



