﻿TELLINA. 
  Panama 
  Shells. 
  507 
  

  

  Panama 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

   7 
  specimens 
  were 
  collected 
  on 
  the 
  sand 
  beaches. 
  

  

  467. 
  Tellina 
  prora. 
  

  

  Synonymy. 
  

  

  Tellina 
  prora 
  Hanley 
  in 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond. 
  p. 
  61. 
  Apr. 
  1844. 
  

  

  Hanley 
  in 
  Sowb. 
  Thes. 
  Conch, 
  p. 
  243. 
  No. 
  39. 
  

  

  pi. 
  60. 
  f. 
  152. 
  184G. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  Sandy 
  mud, 
  6 
  to 
  9 
  fathoms 
  ; 
  Cuming 
  ! 
  Hanley. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  St. 
  Elena 
  and 
  Salango 
  ; 
  Cuming 
  ! 
  Hanley. 
  

  

  Salango 
  ; 
  Jay. 
  

  

  Panama 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

   A 
  single 
  valve 
  was 
  found. 
  

  

  468. 
  Tellina 
  piiella. 
  Nov. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Shell 
  elongate, 
  rather 
  solid, 
  convex, 
  moderately 
  inequilateral 
  ; 
  

   ventral 
  margin 
  slightly 
  excurved, 
  posteriorly 
  straight 
  ; 
  anterior 
  

   margin 
  broadly 
  rounded 
  ; 
  anterior 
  dorsal 
  margin 
  slightly 
  ex- 
  

   curved 
  ; 
  posterior 
  dorsal 
  margin 
  straight, 
  rapidly 
  sloping 
  to 
  an 
  

   acute 
  posterior 
  extremity 
  ; 
  flexure 
  moderate 
  : 
  white, 
  more 
  or 
  

   less 
  deeply 
  tinged 
  with 
  red, 
  mostly 
  near 
  the 
  margin 
  : 
  shining 
  : 
  

   with 
  excessively 
  minute 
  concentric 
  striae, 
  and 
  some 
  faint 
  micro- 
  

   scopic 
  radiating 
  strioe 
  : 
  beaks 
  not 
  very 
  prominent 
  : 
  ligament 
  

   small: 
  lateral 
  teeth 
  well 
  developed. 
  

  

  Length 
  .9 
  inch 
  ; 
  height 
  .53 
  inch 
  ; 
  breadth 
  .28 
  inch. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  Unknown. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  Panama 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  I 
  

   12 
  odd 
  valves 
  were 
  collected. 
  

  

  469. 
  Tellina 
  riibei^cen^. 
  

  

  Syiionymy. 
  

   Tellina 
  rubescens 
  Hanley 
  in 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond. 
  p. 
  60. 
  Apr. 
  1844. 
  

  

  