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obfolefe primary teeth; lateral ones very conrpicuoas. 

 Inlide glofiy red; margin plain. 



Not uncommon in fand from Fdlinouth, and fome parts 

 of the DevonJJiire coad, particularly about Kingsbridge. 

 A minute fpccles not exceeding the eighth of an inch in 

 breadth. 



From the defcription in Walker's Minute Shells, we 

 liave little doubt but this is the fhell there defcribed; and 

 that either the lize was forgot to be placed with the figure, 

 or that it is found of a fuperior fize on the coall of 

 Kent. 



11, 

 DiscoRS. Tellina pififormis. Gniel. Syft. p, 3241 ? 



Turt, Lin. iv. p. 196 ? 



C. with a very convex, fub-orbicular, gloHV, wliite 

 fhell, finely ftriated in an oblique direftion, curved at the 

 anterior fide, the poflerior end in a contrary direction, 

 forming an acute angle with the others : thefe are fo fine 

 as fcarcely to be obfervcd by the naked eye: umbo fmall, 

 central, and turns a little to one fide. Infide gloffy white ; 

 margin plain ; hinge furniihed with one tooth : in the op- 

 pofite valve two, one of which is very fmall, with remote 

 lateral teeth-like laminje. Size of a fmall pen, or rather 

 more than a quarter of an inch long, and not quite fo 

 broad. 



We 



