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shell is sloping, and angular ; the inside is white, and 

 the middle tooth of the hinge is notched ; lateral teeth, 

 on both sides, acute, and inserted into the opposite 

 margin. Length from one inch to two, breadth rather 

 more. 



Inhabits the Indian Ocean. 



The figures of this shell by Knorr, and Martyn, are 

 very beautifully drawn. 



STRIPED TELLEN. 

 PL 35. f. 2, 3. Mrs. A. Schutz. Var. 0. pi. 36. f. 2. Dr. Coombe. 



3. Tellina virgata. T. testa ovali, striis transversis, recurvatis, anterius 

 angulata ; dentibus lateralibus, prominulis. Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 

 12. p. 1116. Linn. Gmel. p. 3229. 



Shell oval, with transverse recurved strize, angular before ; lateral teeth 

 rather prominent. 



Rumph. Mus. t. 45. f. G. Gualt. Test. pi. 86. f. G. Knorr Vergn. 

 2. t. 21. f. 4. and 4. pi. 25. f. 1. Argenv. Conch, t. 22. f. G. Fa- 

 vanne Conch, t. 49. f. F. Chem. Conch. 6. pi. 8. f. 66 — 72. Encyclop. 

 Method, pi. 288. f. 2, 3, 4. 



A flattish shell, concentrically striated, and marked 

 with red rays on a yellow ground ; the inside yellowish, 

 and often rayed like the outside; the hinge has two 

 teeth in one valve, and a cleft tooth in the other ; remote 

 teeth pointed. This shell is subject to vary consi- 

 derably in colour ; the variety (2. pi. 36. f. 2. is a stri- 

 king instance, being rayed with rose colour on a white 

 ground. The usual measure is about one inch and 

 a half from apex to margin, and two and a half broad. 



Inhabits the Indian and Atlantic Seas, and is not un- 

 common. 



The figure in Gualtieri, pi. 89. f. E, referred to by 



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