GINGLYMACONCHA. VENERIDZ. 295 
the hinge greenish. Length three-quarters ; height half an 
inch. 
The animal entirely hyaline and trausparent. 
Tellina tenuis, Lister, Conch. t. eccciv. f. 255; Petiv. Gaz. 
t. xliv. f.5; Da Costa, Brit. Conch. 210; Donov. Brit. 
Shells, t. xix.; Mont. Test. Brit.59; M. § R. Trans. Linn. 
Soc. viii. 52; Flem. Edinb. Encycl. vii. 90 ; Turt. Conch. 
Dict. 169 ; Lam. Hist. Nat. des Anim. sans Vert. v. 526. 
Tellina planata, Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. 87. t. xlvii. f. 29 ; Dill. 
Dese. Cat. 81. 
Tellina polita, Pult. Cat. Dorset. 29.t. v.f. 3. 
This elegant species is found abundantly in the European, 
Mediterranean and Adriatic seas. 
2. TeLuina FABULA. 
Shells ovate, compressed anteriorly, slightly rostrated ; one 
valve smooth ; the other obliquely striated with reflexed striz. 
Length three-quarters ; height half an inch. 
Tellina Fabula, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 3239 ; Donov. Brit. Shells, 
t. xeviil.; Mont. Test. Brit.61; M. & R. Trans. Linn. Soe. 
vii. 52; Flem. Edinb. Encycl. vii. 90; Dill. Desc. Cat. 
91; Lam. Hist. Nat. des Anim. sans Vert. v. 526; Turt. 
Conch. Dict. 170. 
Tellina Discors, Pult. Cat. Dorset. 54. t. xu. f. 3, 3 a. 
This species is common on almost all the sandy shores of 
the European ocean. 
3. TELLINA DONACINA. 
Shells compressed, very slightly flattened, obliquely striolated, 
anteriorly extremely obtuse, painted with interrupted rays. 
Length three-quarters ; height half an inch. 
Tellina donacina, Linn. Syst. Nat. 1118. no. 59; Gmel. Syst. 
Nat. 3234; Pult. Cat. Dorset. 29. t. xu. f. 3 6.; Mont. 
Test. Brit. 58; M.§ R. Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 50; Elem. 
Edinb. Encycl. vii. 90. 
Tellina donacina, Lam. Hist. Nat. des Anim. sans Vert. v. 
527; Dill. Dese. Cat. 89; Turt. Conch. Dict. 170. 
