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TELTirA (AlIGULUS) P.2ES3A Dall. 



Tellina (An uluslpressa Dall, 1900, Trans. Wa=fne r Yxee Inst. 

 Sci., Philadelphia, vol* 3, pt . 5, p. 1026, yl. I?, 

 f % . 5 . 



Description .- "Shell tlain, Gomprecscd, inequilateral; heairs 

 low, hardly interrupt ing the dorsal profile, but sharp an(l al- 

 most pustular; lip-ar;'ent rather long, hinge delicate but nomal; 

 surface polished, with rather distant^ fine concentric isipressr-d- 

 lines; the posterior dcrsal slope V7i th s;oarse, shario, liltle 

 elevated Goneentric lamellae; near the beaks the shell is smooth; 

 interior with a faint anterior elevated ray which separatee the 

 adductor scar from the anterior part of the long, hifrh pallial 

 sinus, which is 7;holly conflu-ent belor.-; the interior more or 

 less obscurely radially striate. Ion. 12.5, alt. 7.5, diara. 2 

 mm. " 



"A thin and delicate specie a ;.j. gu i.o observable fle--:ure or 

 rid.ee on the posterior end., and vhott especial criaracteristic is 

 the high dorsal profile behi;/! the beaks." (Dall, 19')'). 



'l^;:pe local it;; .- ^liipoia --iiver, Clalhoiui Oomity, "lorida.. 



Remarks . - On the valves at hand the shell is slightly 

 raised on the dorsal half of the radial line near the riosterior 

 end along which a carina is usually developed. ,7hen the shell 



