BIVALVES. SOLEN. 



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SOLEN— Razor-Sheath. 



* Vagina. — Sheath. 

 *Siliqua. — Long brown. 

 *Ensis. — Scimitar. 

 *Pellucidus. — Transparent. 



* L egumen. — Pease-cod. 

 ♦Cultellus. — Kidney. 

 Radiatus. — Violet or radiated. 

 Strigilatus. — Strigilated. 

 Anatinus. — Duck- hill. 

 Macha. — MoUnVs. 

 Bullatus. — Inflated. 

 Minutus. — Mimite. 



Virens. — Green, 

 Diphos. — Violet. 

 Minimus. — Small. 

 Maximus. — Largest. 

 Coarctatus — Narrow. 

 Roseus. — Rose-coloured. 

 Sanguinolentus. — Blood-red. 

 Striatus. — Striated. 

 Oriens. — Rising Sun. 

 Occidens. — Setting Sun. 

 *Crispus. — Undulated. 

 Spengleri. — Spingler's. 



TELLINA— Tellen. 



Animal — a Tethys; Shell bivalve, yenerally sloping on 

 one side : in the fore part of one valve there is a convex y 

 and in the other, a concave fold; hinge with usually 

 three teeth, the lateral ones smooth in one valve. 



Amongst all the different genera of Bivalves, there is 

 none, except the Venus, which can vie with the Tellina 

 in point of beauty, variety, or number, which amounts 

 to no less than ninety-four species: and whether the at- 

 tention be directed to their elegance of form, brilliancy 

 of color, or delicacy of structure, the eye is equally asto- 

 nished and delighted. 



The usual form of the Tellina resembles a long pear. 



