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Genus TBLLIDORA Morch. 



Tellidora Morch, in Adams, ■ Gen. Rec. Moll., ii., p. 401, 1856. Type T. Burncti Brod. 



and Sby. 

 Luciiia (sp.) Recluz, Rev. Cuv., p. 270, 1842, Mag. de Zool., pi. 60, 1843. 

 Tellina (sp.) Brod. and Sby., Zool. Journ., iv., p. 362, pi. ix., fig. 2, i83g. 



This fine genus is often quoted as of Morch, " 185 1," but Dr. Morch pub- 

 lished nothing in 185 1 and his pubHcations of 1850 and 1853 contain no refer- 

 ence to this genus. I have not been able to find any earlier citation of it than 

 that given in the " Genera of Recent Mollusca" cited above, though it is possible 

 the name may have been mentioned by some correspondent of Morch in some 

 anterior publication which I have not discovered. 



The group is linked to Tellina by such forms as Phyllodina. 



Tellidora cristata Recluz. 

 Lucina cristata Recluz, Revue Cuvier., p. 270, 1742; Guerin, Mag. de Zool., pi. 60. 1843. 

 Tellina lunulata (Holmes MS.) Adams, Genera of Rec. Moll., ii., p. 401, 1856. 

 Tellidora hmulata H. and A. Adams, Genera Rec. Moll., ii., p. 401, 1856; Holmes, P.-Pl. 



Fos. S. Car., p. 47, pi. ix., fig. 7, a-b, 1858. 

 Tellidora cristata Dall, Bull. 2,7, U. S. Nat. Mus., p. 62, 1889. 



Pliocene of the Caloosahatchie and Shell Creek, Florida; Pleistocene of 

 the Carolinas ; recent from North Carolina southv^rard to Campeche and 

 Trinidad Island. 



This is closely related to the T. Burneti, but is less compressed and the 

 flatter valve is the left one, while in T. Burneti it is the right. 



Tellidora Burneti Broderip and Sowerby. 

 Tellina Burneti Brod. and Sby., Zool. Journ., iv., p. 362, pi. ix., fig. 2, 1839; Cpr. Maz. 



Cat., p. 39, 1857. 

 Tellidora Burneti H. and A. Adams, Gen. Rec. Moll., ii., pi. 104, fig. 3, p. 401, 1856; 



Holmes, P.-Pl. Fos. S. Car., p. 48, pi. ix., fig. 6, a-b, 1858. 



Pleistocene of Lower California (Hemphill) ; recent in the Gulf of Cali- 

 fornia and southward to Panama. 



Carpenter states, on the authority of Woodward, that " a species of similar 

 form is found fossil in the Palaeozoic rocks, agreeing more with the Atlantic 

 shell" (Maz. Cat., p. 39), but this must refer to some Pelecypod not congeneric, 

 since the oldest TellinidcE do not pass below the Lower Cretaceous, and Telli- 

 dora is not known in any beds older than the Pliocene. 



