TELLINA. 179 



LASKEY S TELLEN. 



65. Tellina Laskeyi. T. testa ovato-oblonga, lavi ; valvula alterius dente 



primario solitario, alterius duobus approximate subbifidis, dentibus 



lateralibus nullis. 

 Shell oblong-oval, smooth ; in one valve a solitary primary tooth, in the 



other two approximate teeth, a little cleft ; lateral teeth wanting. 

 Mont. Test. Brit. Suppl. p. 28. pi. 28. f. 3. Penn. Brit. Zool. 1812. 



4. p. 178. 



A purplish-white shell, covered, when recent, with 

 an olive-yellow epidermis ; one end rounded, the other 

 obtusely pointed, like the Donax Trunculus. The inside 

 is clouded with purple, and the margin is channelled, 

 from the teeth almost to the end of the longest side. 

 Length half an inch ; breadth three quarters. 



Inhabits the Frith of Forth, in Scotland. Discovered 

 by Mr. Laskey, and described and figured by Mr. 

 Montagu. 



