OTHER BIVALVE MOLLUSKS 



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Fig. 69. X f (*) 



since been collected sparingly at Long Beach, San 

 Pedro and Catalina Island. The color is white. The 

 excellent figure represents an unusually large speci- 

 men. 



'^ellina meropsis^ Dall, the 

 Pure Tellen, is shown in Figure 

 69, which is much magnified. The 

 shell is white, sometimes yellow- 

 ish within, thin and delicate, 

 somewhat angled and bent behind 

 as shown in the cut. It is about 

 half an inch long, and is found from San Pedro 

 southward. 



l^ellina lutea^ Gray, the Muddy Tellen, comes 

 from the very far north, being found in the neighbor- 

 hood of Bering 

 Strait. It is a fine 

 large shell, and its 

 general appearance is 

 well shown in the 

 two parts of Figure 

 70. 



^elUna modesta^ 

 Cpr., the Modest 

 Tellen, is shown in 

 Figure 67, on a pre- 

 vious page, which is 

 of the natural size. It 

 is found in Puget 

 Sound. The shell is 

 thin, white and glossy, with a very deep pallial sinus, 

 and an internal ridge near the forward muscle-scar. 



Fig. 70, X I (*) 



