TELLINA. 159 



Inhabits the American Seas, and is not uncommon in 

 the West Indies. 



The shells quoted by Gmelin, as varieties, must be 

 rejected, except Knorr's figure, which is our yellow 

 variety, pi. 38. f. 3. 



RED TELLEN. 

 PL 44. /. 2. Dr. Coombe. 



27. Tellina sanguinea. T. testa ovato-oblonga, anterius angulata, sub- 

 rostrata, transversim striata ; cardinis dentibus lateralibus acutis. 



Shell oblong-oval, angular and somewhat beaked before, transversely 

 striated ; hinge with pointed lateral teeth. 



A thin shell, of a red colour, strongly striated trans- 

 versely, and crossed by almost imperceptible longitudinal 

 striae ; it is of an oblong oval shape, very slightly in- 

 flected at the beak. The inside is reddish- white ; the 

 hinge has two teeth in one valve, and one in the other ; 

 the lateral teeth are sharp-pointed. 



This shell is in the cabinet of Dr. Coombe. It is 

 allied, in shape, to the T. lanceolata, of Chemnitz. 



BEAKED TELLEN. 

 PL 37. /. 3. Dr. Coombe. 



28. Tellina rostrata. T. testa oblonga, antice angulato-rostrata ; an- 

 giitis subdentatis. Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. p. 1118. Linn. Gmel. 

 p. 3232. 



Shell oblong, with an angular beak before ; the angles slightly toothed. 

 List. Conch, pi. 382. f. 225. Petiver Amboin. pi. 17. f. 20. Rurnph. 



Mus. pi. 45. f. L. Gualt. Test. pi. 88. f. T. Argenville Conch, pi. 



22. f. O. Favanne Conch, pi. 49. f. B. Knorr Vergn. 4. pi. 2. f. 3. 5. 



Chem. Conch. 6. pi. 11. f. 105. Encyclop. Method, pi. 289. f. 1. 



A thin, compressed, oblong shell, with a remarkably 

 produced, angular beak ; the upper part is of a polished 



