TELLINA. 185 



PRICKLY TELLEN. 



73. Tellina muricata. T. tesfa suborbiculata, compressa, alba, longitu- 

 dinaliter dense striata, striis imbricatis, cardinis dentibus primariis 

 dnobus. 



Shell suborbicular, compressed, closely striated longitudinally, striae 

 imbricated ; hinge with two primary teeth. 



Chem. Conch. 11. pi. 199. f. 1945,1946. 



A roundish shell, covered with imbricated, rough 

 striae, and strongly serrated from the apex, to the poste- 

 rior margin. Inside white, and striated; hinge with 

 two primary teeth, and two strong lateral ones, inserted 

 into opposite cavities. 



OBSOLETE TELLEN. 



74. Tellina fausta. T. testa suborbiculata, striis transversis minutissimis 



obsoletis. Act. Soc. Linn. 8. p. 53. pi. 1. f. 8. 

 Shell suborbicular, with minute, obsolete, transverse striae. 

 Pult. in Hutch. Dorset, pi. 5. f. 5. Donov. Brit. Shells, pi. 98. Mont. 



Test. Brit. p. 64. Penn. Brit. Zool. 1812. 4. p. 181. 



A thickish, milk-white shell, somewhat diaphanous, 

 smooth, and depressed ; margins rounded on both sides ; 

 very smooth and yellowish within ; primary tooth of the 

 hinge bifid; lateral teeth strong, that in the right valve 

 more solid and remote than the other. Length an inch 

 and a quarter ; breadth an inch and three eighths. 



This is a very rare British shell, dredged up at Wey- 

 mouth, under the inspection of the late Duchess Dowa- 

 ger of Portland, and first described by Dr. Pulteney. 

 It does not appear to be the species figured by Lister, 

 Born, and Chemnitz, though all those authors have been 

 referred to for this shell. 



