160 TELLINA. 



rose colour, near the margin it is of a dull green ; the 

 surface is striated transversely, and the margin is incur- 

 vated towards the beak; the inside is rose-coloured; 

 the teeth, at the hinge, are bifid, and the lateral teeth are 

 remote. 



Inhabits the Indian Ocean. 



The references of Gmelin to Lister, pi. 395. f. 242. to 

 Gualtieri, Test. pi. 86. f. D. to Born Test. pi. 2. f. 12. 

 and to Chemnitz, 6. pi. 10. f. 96. must be rejected, as not 

 belonging to this species. Figure 104, however, of 

 Chemnitz, may be admitted as a variety. 



SMOOTH TELLEN. 

 PL 41. f. 1. Linn jean Society's Cabinet. 



29. Tellina laevigata. T. testa ovata, laevigata , dentibus lateraHbus mar- 



ginatis, pube striato-scabra, nymphis injlexis. Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 



12. p. 1 1 17. Linn. Gmel. p. 3232. 

 Shell oval, smooth; lateral teeth margined, angular division with rough 



striae ; sutures inflected. 

 List. Conch, t. 387. f. 234. Chem. Conch. 6. pi. 12. f. 111. Schrot. 



Conch. 2. p. 649. pi. 7. f. 10. 



A thin, smooth, sub-oval shell, marked with almost 

 imperceptible transverse and longitudinal striae ; on the 

 outside, white, or yellowish, with faint red rays : the 

 inside pale red, flesh-coloured, or white ; two primary 

 teeth in each valve, the lateral teeth near the hinge. 

 Length two inches, breadth two inches and a half. 



Inhabits the European and Indian Seas. 



Linnaeus refers to Rumphius, pi. 45. f. 1. for the spe- 

 cies, but his figure appears to be a variety of T. lingua- 

 felis. Lister discovered the shell. 



