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igoô. Tellina [Angidus] rhomboïdes Lamy, Bull. Mus. d'Hist. Nat. Paris, XII, p. 208. 



1909. Tellina {Angulus}) rliomboides Lynge, D. Kgl. Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Skr. Nat. Math., 



(7) V, p. 203. 



19 10. Tellina rhoinboides Hedley, Austral. Ass. Adv. Sci., XII, p. 349. 



191 1. Tellina [Angulus) rhoinboides Lamy, Bull. Mus. d'Hist. Nat. Paris, XVIII, p. 133. 



1917. Tellina rhoinboides Odhner, Kungl. Sv. Akad. Handl., LU, N°. 16, p. 26. 



1918. Tellina [Exotica) rhomboïdes Lamy, Bull. Mus. d'Hist. Nat. Paris, XXIV, p. 116. 



19 19. Tellina rhoinboides Odhner, Arkiv. Zool., XII, N°. 6, p. 27. 



1928. Tellina [Tellina] rhoinboides Faustino, Summary, Philippine Mar. Freshw MolL, p. 89. 



1929. Tellina [Angulus] rliomboides Dautzenberg, Faun. Colon. Français., III, p. 632. 



As the synonymy given above indicates, this variable species bas been described iinder 

 several distinct names by various authors. The hinge is very peculiar in that it resembles that 

 of Psammobia^ but there can be little doubt of its being a true Tellina. Lamy has adopted for 

 T. rhomboïdes and other allied species Jousseaume's manuscript generic name Exotica, but his 

 generic définition "il existe deux dents cardinales à chaque valve" does not apply to T. rhoinboides-, 

 in this species there are two cardinals in the right and a single slightly grooved cardinal in the 

 left valve. The generic name Exotica is superfluous as T. rhoinboides can definitely be inchided 

 in the subgenus Angiclus Megerle. 



Distribution: — T. (A.) rhoinboides has a very wide range in the Indo-Pacific, and has 

 been recorded from the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. 



In the "Siboga" Expédition it is represented by young shells collected at Sailus Ketjil, 

 Paternoster Islands (St. 37), Macassar (St. '] i), Sulu (St. 104) and Banda Anchorage (St. 240). 



Remarks: — Iredale ') has recently suggested that as the name Tellina rhoinboides is 

 preoccupied, a substitute is necessary to replace it, and he proposed adopting Deshayes' name 

 T. clathrata which was introduced for the same figures of Quov & Gaimard's work. He further 

 adds that as Deshayes' name was published previous to the publication of the letterpress of 

 OuGY & Gaimard, there can be no question of priority. I hâve searched in vain for the work 

 in which the name Tellina rhoinboides was introduced prior to Ouoy & Gaimard, and with 

 Mr. C. D. Sherborn I hâve looked into the dates of publication of Ouoy & Gaimard's letterpress 

 of the Mollusca part of "Astrolabe" and Deshayes' édition of "Lamarck Anim. sans Vertèb.", 

 vol. VI, and find that the former was certainly published before the latter. Deshayes' volume 

 was published in March 1835, while Ouoy & Gaimard's work was issued in parts, and the part 

 in which the description of Tellina rhoinboides appeared, was certainly issued before this date. 



22. Tellina [Angtihts) nitidula Dunker. 



1860. Tellina nitidula Dunker, Malakozool. Blàtt., VI, p. 236. 



1861. Tellina nitidula Dunker, Moll. Japon., p. 27, pi. III, fig. 14. 

 1869. Tellina nitidula Lischke, Japan. Meeresconch., I, p. 129. 

 1871. Tellina nitidula Lischke, Japan. Meeresconch., II, 113. 



187 1. Tellina [Angulus] nitidula Romer in Martini-Chemn. Conch.-Cab. (N.F.), X (2), Tellina, p. 161. 



1878. Tellina [Hoinala] nitidula Bertin, Nouv. Arch. Mus. d'Hist. Nat. Paris, (2) I, p. 298. 



1882. Tellina nitidula Dunker, Ind. Moll. Mar. Japon., p. 191. 



1890. Tellina [Tellinella] nitidula Paetel, Cat. Conch. Samm., p. 48. 



1906. Tellina nitidula Owston, Japan. Loochooan Shells, p. 37. 



l) Iredale, t. — Mem. Queensland Mus., IX, p. 266 (1929). 

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