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BIVALVES. TELLINA. 



* Vinacea. — Tawny. 

 Zonata. — Zoned. 

 Albicans. — Whitish. 

 Rufescens. — Reddish. 

 Plana. — Plain. 

 Striata. — Striated. 



Rosea. — Rose-colored. 

 Punicea. — Flat-striated. 

 C omplana ta. — Flattened. 

 * F abula. — Semi-striated. 

 Adansoni. — Adanson's. 

 Cancellata. — Cancellated. 

 Strigosa — Striped. 



C. Sub-orbicular. 



Balaustina. — Pomegranate. 

 Remies. — Waved. 

 Reticulata. — Reticulated. 

 Scobitina. — Rasp. 

 Lactea. — Milk-white. 

 *Carnaria. — Rosy. 

 *Bimaculata. — Double spotted. 

 Balthica. — Baltic. 

 Pisiformis. — Pea shaped. 

 Divaricata. — Severed. 

 Digitaria. — Digital. 

 *Cornea — Horn-colored. 

 *Lacustris. — Lake. 



Papyracea 



Amnica. — Transversely grooved. 

 Fluminalis. — Ditto striated. 

 Fluminea. — Ditto ribbed. 

 Fluviatilis. — Ditto wrinkled. 

 Iberica. — Spanish. 

 Adriatica. — Adriatic. 

 Sinuosa. — Sinuous. 

 Purpurata. — Purple. 

 Candida* — White. 

 Gallica. — French. 

 Senegalensis. — Senegal. 

 Angulosa. — Angular. 

 Polygona. — Polygonal. 

 . — Paper. 



CARDIUM, — Cockle or Heart-shkll. 



Animal — a Tethys: Shell bivalvey nearly equilateral^ 

 eqiiivalve, generally convex, longitudinally ribbed, stri- 

 ated, or grooved, with a toothed margin; hinge with 

 two teeth near the beak, and a larger remote lateral one 

 on each side, each locking into the opposite. 



This genus, though not so numerous as the last, presents 



