TELLINA. Panama SlieUs. 283 



Panama ; 0. B. A. 1 

 7 specimens were collected on the sand beacheg. 



467. Tellina prora. 



Synonymy. 



Tellina prora Hanley in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 61. Apr. 1844. 



Hanley in Sowb. Tlies. Conch, p. 243. No. 39. 



pi. 60. f. 152. 1846. 



Station. — Sandy mud, 6 to 9 fathoms ; Cuming ! Hanley, 



Hahitat. — St. Elena and Salango ; Cuming I Hanley, 



Salango ; Jay. 



Panama ; 0. B. A. ! 

 A single valve was found, 



468, Tellina puella. Nov. sp. 



Shell elongate, rather solid, convex, moderately inequilateral ; 

 ventral margin slightly excurved, posteriorly straight ; anterior 

 margin broadly rounded ; anterior dorsal margin slightly ex- 

 curved ; posterior dorsal margin straight, rapidly sloping to an 

 acute posterior extremity ; flexure moderate : white, more or 

 less deeply tinged with red, mostly near the margin : shining ; 

 with excessively minute concentric striae, and some faint micro- 

 scopic radiating striae : beaks not very prominent : ligament 

 small: lateral teeth well developed. 



Length .9 inch ; height .53 inch ; breadth .28 inch. 



Station. — Unknown, 



Habitat. — Panama ; C, B. A. I 

 12 odd valves were collected, 



469. Tellina rubescens. 



Synonymy. 

 Tellina rubescens Hanley in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond, p, 60. Apr, 1844. 



