196 TELLINA. 



shell, and, like the margin, have serrated edges ; the 

 waved striae, on the surface, are finer, and closer than 

 in the T. divaricata. The umbones are prominent, and 

 turn inwards. 

 This elegant shell is in the cabinet of Mrs. Mawe. 



DIGITAL TELLEN. 



89. Tellina digitaria. T. testa subglobosa, pallida, cincta striis obliquis 

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



Shell subglobose, pale, and girded with oblique uniform striae. 



Chem. Conch. 6. pi. 2. f. 120, 121. Encyclop. Method, pi. 292. f. 5, 6. 



A small species, smooth on the inside, and varying in 

 colour, sometimes being reddish-orange, and some- 

 times pointed with waved, red, spots ; the striae inclined 

 towards the outer margin, like the lines at the ends of 

 the lingers, (whence its trivial name) which gives it the 

 appearance of being spirally striated. It is about the 

 size of a pea. 



Inhabits the Mediterranean, American, and (very 

 rarely) the Indian seas. 



HORN-COLOURED TELLEN. 



PI. 46./. 3. 



90. Tellina cornea. T. testa globosa, glabra, colore corneo, sulco trans- 

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



Shell globose, smooth, of the colour of horn, and transversely sulcated. 

 List. Anim. Angl. pi. 2. f. 31. App. pi. 1. f. 5. Conch. 



pi. 159. f. 14. Gualt. Test. pi. 7. f. C. Argenv. Conch, pi. 27. f. 9. 



Penn. Brit. Zool 1812. 4. pi. 52. f. 3. Da Costa Brit. Conch, pi. 



13. f. 2. Chem. Conch. 6. pi. 13. f. 133. a. b. Maton in Act. Soc. 



Linn. 3. pi. 13. f. 39, 40. Pult. in Hutch. Dorset, pi. 7. f. 2. Donor. 



Brit. Shells, pi. 95. Mont. Test. Brit. p. 86. Linn. Trans. 8. p. 59. 



A thin, globose, horn-coloured shell, concentrically 



