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Tellina^ and allied genera, 



9. — Tell, Carteroni, d^Orb.^ is a typical Tellina ; the casts show im|)ressions of the cardinal 

 and lateral teeth in both valves. 



Tellina Sohralensisj Sharpe_, 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 Metis, 

 and closely allied to the recent M. lacunosa^ 



10. — Tell. Moreana, d^'Orb-^ ( ? Peronmoderma) . 



11. — Tell, phase olina, P. and C. (? Feroncea). 



1^. — T. gracilis, Sow.,, sp.^ has the general form of a true Tellina (non T. gracilis. Reeve's 

 Conch. Icon., 1867). 



13. — Tell, sub-iemmtriata, d''Orb., {AmpJiid. tenuistriata. Sow.,) may either be a Thracia, ov, 

 possibly, a FeroncBO derma. 



14. — Tell, striatuloides, Stol., is a Tellinella (Tell, striatula, Sow., non idem [Tellinella] , 

 Lam.). 



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



T. Venei, d'Archiac, is evidently a species of the tapesinje. 



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



17. — T. Uouyana, d''Orb., may most likely be a species of Feroncea. 



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



19. — T. pseudo'^lana, d'Orb. {plana, Rom,,) is like a Moera. 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 Gastrana, but the 

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



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



21. — Tell.? semistriata, Giimbel, 1861, (non i^. Desh., 1864). From the reference to Tell, 

 rostralifia, as to form, the species seems to belong to Tellinella. 



22. — ? Tell, suhradiata, R5m. (Bonax id., Rom.,) is evidently a species of FalcBomoera, 2indL 

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

 the anterior end. Pictet and Campiche (loc. cit., p. 141,) add T. mqualis, Mant., a^d T. ? Vec- 

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

 at all belongs to the telliniNjE. 



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



24. — Tell, syriaca is described by Conrad (Off. Report, &c.,) from Palsestine. 



25. — Tell. StoliczJcana (non Stoliczkai ! ) , 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 Feronceoderma. 



26. — Tell, gihha, Coquand, 1865, (Monog. de Tetage Aptien de FEspagne, p. 101,) is 

 apparently a Tellinella. 



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



27-28. — Arcopagia suh-concentrica and Rouliniana of d'Orbigny are Linearice. Arc. Ce7io- 

 manensis, mimismalis and rottmdata of the same author are to all appearance Cyprimerice, which 

 belong to the Venerid^, as will be stated in more detail hereafter, though Conrad considers the 

 srenus to be a member of the Tellinidj^. 



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

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



^ There are remarkably numerous repetitions of names among fossil and recent Tellinc^ ; even in Deshayes' 

 la«t edition of the Paris fossils such instances are not very uncommon. 



