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heart-shaped depression under the beaks, causing them to 

 be prominent pointed and curved. 



Mr. Rackett's figure is evidently the T. rotundata. 



On the western coasts, v. m. 



23. Tellina flexuosa. Crooked Telkn. 

 Wood, pi. 47. f. 7 and 8. 



Venus sinuosa. Donovan, pi. 42. f. 2. 



Shell nearly orbicular, convex, thin, brittle, white, trans- 

 parent, finely but irregularly striate concentrically : from 

 the hinge at the anterior side runs a longitudinal furrow 

 which forms a flexure at the margin, and a projecting angle 

 half way up the side : under the beak, on the opposite side 

 of this flexure, is a heart-shaped depression : hinge with 

 an obsolete tooth only : diameter three-eighths of an inch. 



Western coasts, and Dublin bay. v. v. 



24. Tellina solidula. Solid Tellen. 



Lister, pi. 405. f. 250 ^Pennant, pi. 52. f. 2 Da Costa, 

 pi. 12. f. 4 Wood, pi. 46. f. 2 Dorset Cat. pi. 8. f. 4. 



Shell somewhat orbicular, a little flattened, thick, finely 

 striate and irregularly wrinkled transversely ; one end a 

 little produced and rounded, the other slightly truncate 

 and somewhat angular : color dull reddish-white, with ge- 

 nerally concentric bands of red yellow or whitish ; inside 

 smooth, red, yellow, or white of various hues, and usually 

 of a deeper tint on the outside: beaks nearly central j hinge 

 with two mall teeth in each valve : length three-quarters 

 of an inch j breadth rather more. 



Variety. Quite white. Pennant, pi. 52. f. 2. A. 

 On most shores, in clay. v. v. 



25. Tellina carnaria. Carnation Tellen. 



Lister, pi. 339. f. 1 76 Donovan, pi. 47 Wood, pi. 40. 

 f.4, 5 Dorset Cat. pi. 5. f. 6. 



Shell somewhat orbicular, a little produced on one side, 

 flattish, white with more or less of a rosy tinge, marked 

 with numerous fine longitudinal oblique striae, which are 

 reflected at one side and undulate at the other, and crossed 

 by a few concentric wrinkles ; inside smooth, glossy, ge- 

 j nerally fine rose-color : beaks not quite central : hinge 



