TELLINA. 199 



FRENCH TELLEN. 



94. Tellina Gallica. T. testa trigona, pectinata. Linn. Gmel. p. 3244. 

 A triangular, pectinated shell. 

 Argenv. Conch, pi. 27. f. 11. 



A thickish shell, striated, or rather sulcated, longi- 

 tudinally ; the hinge has a solitary primary tooth. It is 

 about three quarters of an inch broad. 



Inhabits the river Marne, in France. 



SENEGAL TELLEN. 



95. Tellina Senegalensis. T. testa trigono-globosa, crassa, dura, leevi, 

 sulcis transversis exarata. Linn. Gmel. p. 3244. 



Shell of a triangular globose shape, thick, strong, and smooth, with 



transverse grooves. 

 Adam. Seneg. pi. 17. f. 14. (Tofar.) 



A white, or flesh-coloured shell, sometimes red, 

 rayed with white. 

 Inhabits Africa. 



MATON'S TELLEN. 

 PI. 46./. 4, 5. Dr. Maton. 



96. Tellina limosa. T. testa tequivalvi, ovata, transversim striata, intus 

 purpurea; umbonibus acutiusculis, prominentibus. Maton in Act. 



Soc. Linn. 10. p. 328. pi. 24. f. 8, 9, 10. 

 Shell of equal valves, oval, transversely striated, and purple within ; 

 umbones sharpish, and prominent. 



This is a smooth, brittle shell, with a green epi- 

 dermis ; the margin is entire ; the hinge has two pri- 

 mary teeth in one valve, and one in the other ; the lateral 



