80 WEST AMERICAN SHELLS 
bright and beautiful. Our first species is named 
Tellina bodegénsis, Hds., the Bodega Tellen. Fig- 
ure 67 shows the inside appearance of a right 
valve. Externally the shell is smooth, with a pol- 
ished surface, creamy white, and marked with fine, 
concentric lines. Old specimens show a marked 
tendency to thicken the shell from the inside. This 
species is found more abundantly in the north. 
Figure 68 
gives two 
views of 
Tellina biut- 
tom, Dall, 
Button 7s 
Tellen, (Angulus obtusus). A strengthening, in- 
terior rib is seen just in front of the sinus. The 
shell is thin, white, and polished, but sometimes it 
has a green periostracum. 
Tellina carpentéri, Dall, Carpen- 
ter’s Tellen, (Angulus variegatus), 
resembles Figure 69, but is smaller. 
It is pink and white, glossy, flat and 
narrow, hardly half an inch long. 
Tellina ide, 
Dall, “dae 
Tellen, is well 
shown in Fig- 
ure 70. This 
rare and beau- 
tiful shell was 
named in 1891 
== in honor of 
Fig. 70 (*) Mrs. Lda 
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