54 



10. 

 Vkspirtin'us. Solen verpertinus. Gmcl. Syft. p. S22S, 20. 



Chcm. Conch, vi. t. 7. f. 59. 50. 

 Tellina depreffa. Br. Zool. t.47. t". 27. — Tiirt. Lin. iv. p. IS6. 

 Tellina variabilis. Fait. Cat. Dorfd. p. 29. 



Don. Br. S/icIlf. ii. t. 41.f. 2. 



Turt. Lin.'xw. p. ISS.— '?lm7;z.t.49.D. 1.2. 



S. with an ovate-oblong, deprefTed fhell, moderately 

 thick; white, or flefli- colour, marked with concentric 

 flriae, and radiated with carnation from the urjibo in all 

 direftions to the margin; beak nearly central, final 1 ; 

 teeth ereft, two in one valve, one in the other ; with a 

 flrong projefting lamina in each, to which the connefting 

 cartilage is fixed. Infide fmooth, glolfy ; margin plain. 

 In young fliells the colours are much Ilronger : fome are 

 quite purple, others pale pink or orange, more or lefs 

 rayed, frequently with one or two ftronger rays at the 

 umbo ; and fometimes the interior margin is prettily 

 llreaked. Full grown fhells are an inch and a quarter 

 long; and near two inches and a half wide. 



Do61or PuLTENEY mentions this fpecies to be found 

 on the Dorjet coafl at Poole and Weymouth. It feems to 

 have been named Tellina variabilis in the Portland Cabi- 

 net by Doftor Solander ; and the above author Itates 

 he has fome reafon to believe, that Do6ior Solander 

 intended to remove it from the Tellens. 



We have found this fhell at Falmouth m Cornwall ; and 



not uncommon of a fmall fize at King:sbridg;e in Devon- 



Jhire, and other parts of that coaft : but live fpecimens 



are only taken by dredging. 



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