TELLINA. TELL EN. 169 



fine regular transverse raised lines which grow stronger 

 towards the sides : color white, with a pale rosy ray down 

 the anterior slope ; inside white : beaks not quite central, 

 pointed : hinge with two primary teeth and lateral laminar 

 ones in one valve, one of the teeth cloven ; in the other 

 valve a single cloven tooth without lateral ones : length 

 five eighths of an inch ; breadth seven eighths. 



A living specimen of this shell was brought to us alive 

 from Torbay, and we have since seen a few others. 



Its color, teeth, and the want of the longitudinal stria* 

 distinguish it from T. striata and T. punicea j and it is 

 shorter in proportion to its breadth, v. v. 



6. Tellina striata. Striated Tcllen. 

 Montagu, pi. 27- f. 2. 



Shell somewhat oval, flat, thin, semitransparent, rounded 

 at one end and a little angular at the other, very finely and 

 regularly striate transversely, and longitudinally so in a 

 most minute manner, but these latter are probably merely 

 veins in the shell : color rosy-white inside and out, darker 

 towards the hinge : cartilage slope indented ; beaks not 

 quite central, small, pointed : hinge with two primary teeth 

 and a small lateral one on each side, in Both valves : length 

 an inch ; breadth about three-quarters. 



Dorsetshire coast : very rare. 



7. Tellinutenuis. Thin Tellcn. 



Lister, pi. 405. f. 25 1 Pennant, pi. 51. f. 2 Donovan, 

 pi. 19. f. 2 Wood, pi. 44. f. 3, 4 Dorset Cat. pi. 5. f, 3. 



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Shell thin, brittle, glossy, semitransparent, faintly^andj 

 irregularly striate transversely, rounded at one end, some- 

 what angular and pointed at the other which is a little 

 rough : color white, red, yellowish, or variously mixed 

 with different shades disposed in transverse bands : beaks 

 small, nearly central ; hinge with two primary teeth in 

 each valve, one of them cloven ; and in one valve only a 

 single small lateral tooth connected with the plain one : 

 but the teeth are frequently shed, and not easily to be made 

 put : length about half an inch ; breadth three-quarters. 



On most sandy shores, v. v. 



Q 8. Teliina 



