purple; white, pale reddish, yellowish or purple, and 

 frequently rayed with the latter colour: obsoletely 

 truncated anteriorly . 1 \ ... 2. $. Coast, rare. 



S. VESPER-TINA. F. p. 461. SOLEN V. Gmel. 3228. 

 Mont. p. 54 Lin. T. 8. p. 47. Lor. Cat. p. 29. 

 t. 5./. 1. Wood. G. C. p. J35. t. 32. / 2, 3. Turt. 

 C. D. p. L63. Ch.f. 59, 60. PSAMMOBIA V. Lam. 

 3. Turt. B p. 92. t. 6. / 10. (young) TELLINA 

 DEPRESSA. Don. t.4\. T. ALBIDA. D. p. 78. 

 Oblong, moderately thick, subequilateral, nearly smooth, 

 anteriorly slightly angulated, opaque, whitish or pale 

 straw-cclour, rayed with reddish purple ; one of the 

 teeth in one valve, thin laminar and oblique. lf...2j. 

 S. Coasts. 



GENUS. TELLINA 



Transverse or orbicular, both valves generally flattened, 

 the anterior side angular and inJJexed on the mar- 

 gin with a fcxuous irregular ridge ; with one or 

 two cardinal teeth in the same valve and sometimes 

 two lateral teeth, frequently remote. 



* Oval, with two teeth in one valve. 

 T. LINEATA. Turt. B. p. 99. t. 7./. I. F. p. 435. 



