94 KELLIAD^. 



states, that lie has taken it in shell-sand from the beach 

 which lies between the mouths of the Dee and the Don. 



The figure of Lepton fabagella in Conrad's " American 

 Marine Conchology," is not unlike (pi, 11, f, 8) this spe- 

 cies in general appearance, but the hinge exhibits no 

 primary tooth. 



K. (poeonia) rubra, Montagu. 

 Minute, tinged with red or green. 



Plate XXXVI. fig. 5, 6, 7 (as Poronia rubra), and (Animal) Plate 0. fig. 3. 



Cardium riibrum, Mont, (not Reeve) Test. Brit. p. 83. — Linn. Trans, vol. viii. 

 p. 66. — Wood, General Conch, p. 213. — Dillw. Recent 

 Shells, vol. i.p. 131. 

 Tellina rubra, Turt. Conch. Diction, p. 168. 



Kellia rubra, TvKT. Dithyra Brit. pp. 57, 258, pi. 11, f. 7, 8. — Flem. Brit, 



Anim. p. 430. — Brit. Marine Conch, p. 51. — Macgill. Moll. 



Aberd. p. 277.— Hanl. Recent Shells, p. 43, suppl. pi. 9, f. 49. 



Bornia semitmlum, Phil. Moll. Sicil. vol. i. p. 14, pi. 1, f. [6, and vol. ii. p. 11, 



— Desk. Exp. Scien. Algerie, Moll. pi. 43, f. 8 to 11, and 



pi. 43 A, f. 6, 8 (anatomy). 



Poronia rubra, Recluz, Revue Cuv. Zool. 1843, p. 175. — Hanl. in Brit. Mar. 



Conch, p. XXV. — Chenu, 111. Conch. Poronia, p. 3. 

 Lascea rubra. Brown, 111. Conch. G. B. p. 93, pi. 36, f. 17, 18. 



This minute shell is strong for its size, more or less 

 ventricose, semi-transparent, devoid of lustre, of a rich 

 purplish red, or of various intensities and shades of yellow 

 stained with purplish rose at the longer extremity, and 

 mottled or banded with the same near the umbones; 

 more rarely of a dirty greenish hue or almost destitute 

 of colour. The form is somewhat variable, but generally 

 is oval- orbicular, longer than broad, and always more or 

 less oblique ; more rarely the breadth and length are 

 equal, and the shape consequently approaching to orbi- 

 cular. The surface, although not perfectly smooth, is 

 devoid of any visible sculpture, and does not possess any 



