TELL1NA TELLEN. 159 



TELLINA Lingua Felis* 



CAT'S TONGUE TELLEN. 



Specific Character. Shell suboval, thickish, 

 somewhat angular at the anterior end, rough, 

 covered with pointed, rather arched erect scales, 

 disposed in a quincunx f order ; colour white, 

 often with pale pink rays, and the umbones of a 

 fine pink ; length about an inch and quarter, 

 breadth about an inch and three quarters. 



It inhabits the Indian Ocean. 



TELLINA Radiata. 



RADIATED TELLEN. 



Specific Character. Shell ovate oblong, re- 

 flected at the anterior end, striated transversely, 

 highly polished ; colour sometimes wholly white, 

 more commonly white with red rays, or yellow 

 transverse bands ; the hinge is not central, it has 

 two small teeth in one valve, and one in the 

 other, and the lateral teeth are remote ; it is 

 about an inch, or an inch and half long, and 

 more than twice as broad. 



* Plate VII. fig. 8. 



t Quincunx, disposed alternately as in rows or spots, the 

 spots of each row being opposite the space between two spots 

 of the next row ; from Latin, quinqz^e, five, and unx, ounce, 

 because the weight representing five ounces was stamped 

 thus v 



