567 



Length from hinge to the oppofite margin above 

 three-eighths of an inch ; breadth three-quarters. 



This curious, nondefcript fpecies, we took alive, by 

 dredging at Torcrofs. 



TELLINA. 



Tellina inscquiftriata. Don. Br. Shells, iv. t. 123. 



Tellina rigida. Don. Br. Shells, iii. t. 103. 



Venus borealis. Don. Br. Shells, iv. t. 103. 



We cannot agree with Mr, Donovan in confidering 

 this fiiell the Venus borealis of Gmelin: it is perhaps 

 difficult to determine the true Linncean (hell, under that 

 denomination. 



Gmelin is by no means correal in his fvnonyms, 

 liaving referred to no lefs than three very different fpe- 

 cies for it; that o " Gu altieri, quoted tab. 75. fig. 5. is 

 probably intended for fig S. as there is no fig 5. in the 

 plate : thofein Lister's Conchnlogv. and Anim. Ans;lice, 

 -are our Ma6ira comprejfa, the 'Venus borealis of Pen- 



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