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Posselt (partim), Medd. om Grønland, XIX, 1895, p. 74; idem, ibid. XXIII, 

 1898, p. 87 (partim). — Tellina (Macoma) Loveni Jensen, Vidensk. Medd. 

 Naturhist. Foren. Kbhvn. 1905, p. 45, Tab. I, Fig. Ь a—h. 



Shell small, rather convex, oval and not rarely rather ex- 

 panded in front, the anterior end elongated, broadly rounded, 

 the posterior end short, straightly truncate or slightly curved, 

 the dorsal margin in front very slightly convex, behind a little des- 

 cending, almost straight lined or a trifle curved. Umbones rather 

 small, somewhat prominent and situated near the posterior third 

 of the shell. The valves are rather thin with a white yellowish, 

 sometimes a little greenish, faintly shining periostracum with 



a Ъ с d в 



Fig. 5. Tellina Loveni lap. Steenstr. a, b, c, d a specimen from 

 East-Greenland, seen from the outer and the inner side; e a spe- 

 cimen (from Spitzbergen) of a somewhat different shape (expanded 

 anteriorly), seen from the outer side. Nat. size. 



fine closely arranged^ sharp lines of growth. The Mgament is 

 rather large, somewhat projecting, the hinge-margin narrow, 

 the teeth small, but distinct. The inside is white, the paUial 

 sinus short, on the left valve a little longer than on the right. 

 Length 12"5 mm., height 8'9 mm., breadth 5'2 mm. (The maxi- 

 mum length is 15'5 mm ). 



The Danish expeditions have taken this little Tellina in 

 the following localities : 



1900. Turner-Sound 3 fms. 20 specimens. 



1891 -92. Hekla-Havn 1 — 



1891—92. Scoresby-Sound 10—16 — 1 — 



1900. Hurry-Inlet 10 — Clay 2 — 



1900. — 7—0 - Sand and clay 1 — (empty )- 



1900. — 50 - Sand and clay 1 — 



1900. SE. of Sabine-Island 110 — Fine clay with stones and gravel 



4 specimens. 



The largest of these specimens measures 14"5 mm. 



