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Superfanily TEIilUAGEA. 

 5^ar.ril37 'ell inidae. 

 Genus TELLIITA (Linnaeus) lamarck. 

 Subgenus Aroopagia (Leaoh). 



Section I.Ierisca Dall. 



TELIirA (lTERISCA?) ^I^OOOSMIA Dall. 



Tellina ( llerisaa ?) acrocosmi a -^all, 1900, Trans. iVagner ■''ree Irist. 

 Sci., Philadelpaia, vol. , ot. 5, pp. 10.'-:0-10£l, pi. 

 46, rig-. 10. 



Desoript io: .- "Shell sr;;all, i-ounded, triangular, v/ith near- 

 ly- oen '-ral inoonspicuous beaks, and hardly point e'., slirhtly 

 fle::red, posterior end, the anterior eiid evenl;^' rounded, base eon- 

 rer-li' arched; Irjiule obsolete; disk covered v;ith a fine ra-^-ial 

 threading, more or less concealed by fine, elevated, concexitric 

 shariT lamellae; hing-e normal, teeth lar^e and strong. for the 

 size of the shell; pallial sinus larrre, nearly reaching the ant- 

 erior adductor scar, largely co. flue t belov;; above rising above 

 the level of the posterior adductor. Ion. 7, alt. 5.5, diam. 5 

 nm . " 



"This very comToact and sharply sculntured little s'nell is 

 very distinct from any of the other local or any American species." 

 (Dall, 1900). 



Type locality .- Bow den, Jamaica. 



