6 



parum longiore, paullulum altenuata, rotundata, postica subangustata, vix dextrorsum torta, ad 

 finem oblique truncata, paullo hiante et aegre dextrorsum flexa, valva dextra quam sinistra vix 

 planiore, ultra mediam ventraliter impressa, postice costa decurrente obsoleta, sinistra canali 

 vix conspicuo correspondente, signata; Candida, interdum umbones versus lutea citroneave, 

 zonis concentricis opacatis et translucentibus alternatis, radiisque latis rosaceis aut sanguineis 

 ornata, interdum omnino Candida umbonibus purpureis; polita nilens, radiatim subtilissime 

 striata, striis creberrimis ad latera evanidis; umbones acuti, trigoni, subrecte incurvi, parum 

 prominentes vix postmediani; margo dorsi utrinque parum declivis, superne rectilineus, inferne 

 paullatim convexiusculus, posticus ad ligamentum interdum subretusus, margo ventris extensus, 

 in medio subrectus aut subimpressus, postice paullulum inflexus, antice sensim arcuatus; lunula 

 anguste lanceolata, excavala; area lanceolata, subplanata; ligamentum subelongatum, valde pro- 

 minulum, nymphis validis, subhiantibus, transversim serratis, inferne parum surrectis, fultum; 

 pagina interna in fundo sulphurea, ad margines albida, rarius toto albida, radiis externis partim 

 translucentibus; pallii sinus impressionem muscularem anticam paene tangens, irregulariter lin- 

 guiformis, linea superiore fere recta horizontali, inferiore ante mediam curvatim ascendente, 

 inclusus; cardo in valva sinistra dente primario antico crasso fisso et utrinque fovea triangulari 

 adjacente, dente altero postico tenui, in valva dextra dente primario unico fisso et altero roar- 

 ginali obsoleto antico, praeterea canaliculis lateralibus remotis, subaequidistantibus , inferne 

 dentatis, margines dorsales subelatos alterae valvae recipientibus. Long. 93, alt. 45, crass. 

 26 mill. 



Fundort: Das Meer der Antillen. 



Linne Syst. nat. ed. X. p. 675. N. 42. 



— — — — XII. p. 1117. N. 54. 



— Mus. Ulr. p. 481. Nr. 27. 

 Lister Hist. t. 393. f. 240. 

 D'Argenville Conch. ed. II. t. 22. f. A. 

 Gualtieri Test. t. 89. f. J. 



Knorr Vergn. I. t. 19. f. 1. IV. t. 2. f. 4. 



Klein Ostrac. p. 158. §. 395. N. 36. t. 11. f. 60. 



Gronov Zooph. III. p. 263. N. 1109. 



Regenfuss Concb. I. t. 3. f. 28. t. 8. f. 22. 



Born Mus. Vind. p. 34. 



Müller Linne's Natursvst. VI. p. 237. N. 54. 



Chemnitz Conch. Cab.'VI. p. 109. t. 11. f. 102, et p. 108. t. 11. f. 100. 



Schröter Einleit. II. p. 650. N. 11. 



Gmelin Syst. nat. ed. XIII. p. 3232. N. 21. 



Favanne Conch. t. 49. f. A. 



Encycl. meth. t. 289. f. 2. 



Bolten Mus. p. 186. N. 9. 



Dillwyn Cat. I. p. 83. N. 26. 



Lamarck Hist. nat. Tellina N. 1. 



Blainville in Dict. Sc. nat. 52. p. 530. 



Sowerby Gen. of Sh. Teil. f. 3. 



Wood Gener. Conch. t. 38. f. 2. 3. 



— Ind. test. p. 18. N. 26. t. 4. f. 26. 

 Deshayes in Enc. meth. III. p. 100. N. 1. 

 Reeve Conch. syst. t. 55. f. 1. 



Hanley Recent Sh. p. 61. 



— Monogr. Tellina (in Thes. Conch. I) p. 245. N. 44. t. 63. f. 220. 221. 



— Linn. Conch. p. 38. 



H. et A. Adams Genera II. t. 103. f. 6a. b. 



