PLATE CLXIII. 



Hutchin's History of Dorsetshire, under the specific name of Squalida. 

 This conchologist admit it to be Tellina squalida of Solander, Mus, 

 Port, and Tellina depressa of Gmelin. 



The only synonym given by Gmelin for his T. depressa, (whose 

 habitat he is even unacquainted with,) is a reference to Gualtieri, 

 f. H. I. L. The two first are small, and perhaps not of the same 

 species, those represented at letter L and M, we believe to be the 

 true shell of which we offer a figure as the Tellina depressa of 

 Gmelin ; Gualtieri thus describes his shell : " Tellina inaequilatera 

 satis depressa, minutissime striata, vel Candida, vel purpurascens, vel 

 subrosea." 



The figures in the annexed plate represent the natural size of our 

 largest specimens : the colours are variable, more or less, of a fine 

 pale orange, yellow, and tinged with rosy. It is certainly rare. 



