296 GINGLYMACONCHA. VENERID2. 
Tellina variegata, Poli, Test. ii. 45; i. t. xv. f. 10. 
f. Testee valvis ambabus obliqué striolatis. 
This species rather rarely occurs in the European and Medi- 
terranean seas. 
4. TELLINA DEPRESSA. 
Shells ovate, inequilateral, compressedly-flattened, concen- 
tricaily striolated, pale flesh-coloured, with their umbones pur- 
pish. Length one and three-quarters ; height one inch. 
Tellina depressa, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 3238 ; Donov. Brit. Shells, 
t. clxm.; Flem. Edinb. Encycl. vii. 91; Lam. Hist. Nat. 
des Anim. sans Vert. v. 526; Dill. Desc. Cat. 91; Turt. 
Conch. Dict. 171. 
Tellina squalida, Pult. Cat. Dorset. 29. t. v. f. 2; Mont. 
Test. Brit. 163. 
Tellina incarnata, Poli, Test. ii. 36; 1. t. xv. f. I. 
This species is not very unfrequently found in European and 
the Mediterranean seas. 
Genus 41. LimIco.wa. 
Shells thick, suborbicular and rather flat, their posterior 
aspect slightly truncated; the hinge in each valve with two 
minute simple teeth. 
The animal is unknown to me. 
1. LimicoLA CARNARIA. 
Shells reddish white, concentrically striated, and transversely 
wrinkled ; internally smooth red, yellow or white. Length 
seven-eighths; height three-quarters of an inch. 
Tellina carnaria, Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. 88. t. xlvii. f. 31 ; Dill. 
Desc. Cat. 100. 
Tellina solidula, Lister, Anim. Ang. t.iv.f. 25; Conch. t. eceev. 
f. 250; Petiwv. Gaz. t: xeiv. f. 6; Pult.. Cat. Dorset. 29; 
t. viii. f. 4; Mont. Test. Brit. 63; M. & R. Trans. Linn. 
Soc. vii. 58; Flem. Edinb. Encycl. 90; Lam. Hist. Nat. 
des Anim. sans Vert. v. 533; Turt. Conch. Dict. 177. 
