TELLINA. 171 



dinal striae invisible; one end of the shell is rounded, 

 the other somewhat angular and inflected. The inside 

 is very smooth and stained, more or less, of a rose 

 colour; the primary teeth of the hinge bifid, the remote 

 teeth prominent. Length an inch and a quarter, breadth 

 two inches and a quarter. 



Dr. Pulteney first described this as a British shell. It 

 has been found between Weymouth and Portland in 

 Dorsetshire, by Mr. Bryer. It is called T. Iceta by Dr. 

 Pulteney, and T. incequistriata, by Mr. Donovan. 



DEPRESSED TELLEN. 

 PL 45. /. 3. Mr. Sowerby. 



48. Tellina depressa. T. testa inaquilatera, depressa, minutissime 



striata. Linn. Gmel. p. 3238. 

 Shell with unequal sides, depressed, and very minutely striated. 

 Gualt. Test. pi. 88. f. L. Chem. Conch. 6. pi. 10. f. 96. Pult. in 



Hutch. Dorset, pi. 5. f. 2. Donov. Brit. Shells, pi. 163. Mont. Test. 



Brit. p. 56. Linn. Trans. 8. p. 51. Penn. Brit. Zool. 1812. 4. 



p. 179. 



A thin, flat, oval shell, of a light orange, or yellow 

 colour ; one end rounded, the other produced, angular, 

 and rather inflected; finely striated transversely; urn- 

 hones acute, margin very sharp. Inside light orange, 

 hinge with two teeth in one valve, and three in the 

 other ; one tooth remote. Length an inch, breadth an 

 inch and a half. Foreign specimens larger, and red 

 coloured. 



Inhabits the European seas, and is the T. squalida 

 of Dr. Solander. It was first noticed as British by Dr. 

 Pulteney, who described it under the name of T. squa- 



