194 TELLINA. 



BALTIC TELLEN. 



85. TeJlina Balthica. T. testa subrotunda leevi, extus incarnata. Linn. 



Syst. Nat. ed. 12. p. 1120. Linn. Gmel. p. 3241. 

 Shell roundish, smooth, and flesh-coloured on the outside. 

 Chem. Conch. 6. pi. 13. f. 128. 



A thin, brittle, pellucid, compressed shell, of a some- 

 what triangular shape; white within, and flesh co- 

 loured, or rosy, on the outside ; hinge the same as in 

 T. carnaria. It is the size of a lupine seed. 



Inhabits the Baltic sea. 



PEA TELLEN. 



86. Tellina pisiformis. T. testa subglobosa, lavi, intus incarnata, ob- 

 lique substriata ; striis anterius angulo acuto re/lexis. Linn. Syst. 

 Nat. ed. 12. p. 1120. Linn. Gmel. p. 3241. 



Shell subglobular, smooth, within carnation, somewhat striated obliquely, 

 striae reflected into an acute angle on the fore part. 



A white shell, with a purple tip ; the striae are hardly 

 visible to the naked eye ; primary tooth of the hinge 

 simple, lateral teeth rather prominent. It is the size 

 of a pea. 



Inhabits the European ocean, at the mouths of rivers. 



