WORMS. TESTACEA. 58. Tellina. I9 S 



Inhabits African Shores i about twice as broad ~as long; the 

 younger ones with yellowifh bands which in the full grown 

 ones are grey -violet. 



C. Suborbicular. 



Balmftina. ^zW dilated-orbicular, with lateral teeth in one valve. 



Inhabits the Mediterranean: whirifh with obfolete rufous rays: 

 fize of a Lupine. 



Remies. Shell fuborbicular comprefTed and tranfverfely wrinkled. 

 Bar but. tab, $.fg- 5. Rumpf, Muf. tab. 43. I. 

 Lift Conch, tab. 266. fig. 102. 

 Murr.fund. ted. tab. 2. fig. 8. 

 Born Muf. Cess. Vind. te(l« tab. 2. fig. 1 1. 

 Chemn, cone. 6. tab. 12. fig. 112, 113. 

 Inhabits the Indian and American Ocean : about 3 inches long 



and 3 \ broad: the am^rican fpecimens have a yellowifh mixture 



and the wrinkles are not fo ftrong. 



Reticulata. Shell lentiform, or refembling the leaves of the Duck-weed, 

 comprefTed reticulate. 

 Barbufs Shells, tab. $.fig. 6. 

 , Inhabits India '. 2 inches long and I f broad. 



Shell white with tranfverfe ftriae crofted by the longitudinal ribs; 

 within yellowifh. : behind the beaks a heath-fhaped very fhort 

 impreflion : hinge with 2 very fmall primary teeth and a fingle 

 lateral one each fide. 



Scobitinai Shell lenticular rough, with lunate fcales difpofed in a 

 quincunx. 

 Rumpf. Muf. tab. 43. E. Gualt, teft. tab. 76. E. 

 Knorr, Vergn. 6. tab. 37 fig. 3. 

 Chemn. conch. 6. tab. 1 3 fig. 122 — 124. 

 Inhabits" the Indian Ocean : 2 £ inches long, 2 J broad, 

 Shell white with ferruginous ipots. with an oblong hollow behind 

 the beaks* the lips not grooved. 



Laclea, Shell lentiform gibbous white pellucid fmooth. 

 Gualt. te/L tab. Ji.fg. D. 



Chemn. conch. 6. tab. l$fg- I 25. f 



Inhabits the Mediterranean ; a little larger than a L^ine, with 

 faint tranfverfe flrias; the hinge without teeth. 



Carnma, Shell fuborbicular, white with a rofy tinge within and with- 

 out; the outfide with belts of a deeper red, and marked 

 with fine flrias difpofed in oblique and reflected direc- 

 tions. 



B b 2 Donovaiis 



