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Tellina* and allied genera. 



9. — Tell. Carteroni, d'Orb., is a typic:il Telliiia ; the casts show impressions of the cardiual 

 and lateral teeth in both valves. 



ytf/iJ/«a 5oi5ra/«;«/«j Sliarpe, which is quoted by Pictet and Campiche, and which had been 

 originally described as coming from cretaceous beds, is, according to a subsequent note of the author, 

 a tertiary fossil from the " Almada beds" at Portella. It is a fine example of the sub-genus Mel'm, 

 and closely allied to the recent M. lacuiiosa, 



10. — Tell. Moreana, d'Orb., {? Peronaoderma) . 



11. — Tell, phaseolina, P. and C. (? Feronaa). 



12. — T. gracilis, Sow., sp., has the general form of a true Tellina (nou T. gracilis, Reeve^s 

 Conch. Icon., 1867). 



13. — Tell, suh-tenuistriata, d'Orb., [AiiipJdd. tenuistriata , Sow.,) may either be a Thracia, or, 

 possibly, a Teronaodervia. 



14. — Tell, striatuloides, Stol., is a TelUnella (Tell, strialala. Sow., nou idem \_Tellinella] , 

 Lam.). 



15. — Tell. Renauxi, Math., appears to be also a TelUnella. 



T. Venei, d'Archiac, is evidently a species of the tapesin^e. 



16. — T. fragilis, d'Arch., [non T. (Gaslrana) fragilis, Linn.], appears to be a Mcera. 



17. — T. Rouyana, d'Orb., may most likely be a species of Peroium. 



18. — T. Goldfussi, Romer, is a very indistinct cast; it has the appearance of a TelUnella. 



19. — T. pseudo-plana, d'Orb. {plana, Rom.,) is like a Mara. I have not been able to examine 

 the hinge. 



20. — T. fenuissima, Reuss. I do not know a single species of Tellina which approaches this 

 peculiarly rounded form ; in some respects it resembles Macalia, in others Gaslrana, but the 

 examination of the hinge-teeth is necessary to insure correct generic determination. 



Tellina ReicJiii, Rom., is most likely a Corimya. 



21. — Tell.? semistriata, Giimbel, 1861, (nou id. Desh., ISGl). From the reference to Tell. 

 rostralina, as to form, the species seems to belong to Tellinella, 



22. — / Tell, subradiata, Rom. {Donax id., Rom.,) is evidently a species of Palaomoera, and 

 closely allied to Pal. strigata, Goldf., except that Romer represents his species more angular at 

 the anterior end. Pictet and Campicbe (loc. cit., p. 141,) add T. cequalis, Mant., and T. ? Vec- 

 liana, Forb. The former has never been figured or described, the latter must be a Homalina, if it 

 at all belongs to the tellinixje. 



23. — Tell, strigata, Goldf., is the type of Palaomcera (see p. 116). 



24. — Tell, si/riaca is described by Conrad (Off. Report, &c.,) from PaliEstine. 



25. — Tell. Stoliczkana (non Sloliczkai ! ) , Zitt., 1864, (Denksch. Akad., Wien, xxiv, pt. ii, 

 p. 119,) is of a broadly triangular form, has very strong lateral teeth, but an indistinct posterior 

 plicature ; it may be classed with Peronaoderma. 



26. — Tell, gihha, Coquand, 1865, ("Monog. de I'etage Aptieu de I'Espagne, p. 101,) is 

 apparently a Tellinella. 



Species of Arcopagia and Linearia (see Pal. Suisse, 4™" ser., p. 143). 



27-28. — Arcopagia sub-concentrica and Rojiliniana of d'Orbigny are Linearia. Arc. Ceno- 

 w.anensis, numismalis and rotundata of the same author are to all appearance Ci/prinierice, which 

 belong to the VENERiDJi, as will be stnted in more detail hereafter, though Conrad considers the 

 genus to be a member of the TelliniDjE. 



29-37. — Arcopagia semiradiata. Math., sp. (Venus id.), A. Michelini, Coq., A. gibbosa, d'Orb., 

 A. circinalis, Duj., sp., (d'Orb.), (= Tell, clatlirata, Reuss, Bohm. Kreide, pt. ii, p. 19), 



* There are remarkably numerous repetitious of names among fossil and recent Tellina; even in Deshayes' 

 last edition of the Paris fossils such instances are not very uncommon. 



