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TAB. LXXV. 

 TELLINA similis. 



Class 6. Vermes. Orders. Testacea. 



Spec. Char. Ovate, compressed. Both valves 

 diagonally striated five-sixths over the surface. 

 Beak not curved. 



"erhaps this very distinct species of shell may now be in 

 many cabinets among specimens of that very curious shell 

 Tellina Fabula, G we/. 3239, among which I met with this 

 when given me by my friend Mr. Charles Stokes, who 

 found them all at Brighton. 



It differs at first siQ;ht from Telliva Fabula in bcinof 

 less acuminated, and not being curved ; which curve, and a 

 slight truncation, seem to have escaped the notice of some 

 authors, and would have been of little consequence but for 

 this species. This curve turns towards the obtuse or truncated 

 end, is bounded by an inner line or ridge terminating at the 

 hinge part, near the umbo, and this portion of the shell is 

 destitute of these striae. This end in our shell is rounded, 

 and has two ridges terminating at the umbo; one reaching 

 much further into the shell, and terminating the diagonal 

 striae, which are broader in ours at the opposite end of the 

 shell. These broad striae are more central in the Tellina 

 Fabula. 



