WORMS. TESTACEA. 38. Tellina. JU9 



fringe nearly central with a single tooth in otie valve 

 locking between 2 in the other, and a projeetiiig lami- 

 na in each. 



Jr. Zool. t. 47./. 27. Donovan t. 41./. 2. Tellina. 



Snellen inch and a quarter long, nearly 2 and a half wide, white 

 or pale flesh-colour, radiate with purple from the beak, concen- 

 trically striate, purplish within. 



f97. S. squamosus. Neariy orbicular, flat, thin, pellucid, 

 minutely punctured: hinge central, with 2 double 

 teeth diverging each side. 



Montague Brit. Shells, p. 565. 



Shell 4 lines long, half an inch broad, white with a few concen- 

 tric striae, within with obfeure rays from the hinge: teeth erect, a 

 furrow on the margin dividing each into two laminae nearly to the 

 beak, where they unite and form an acute angle. 



V98. S. Pinna. Suboval, pellucid, semicircular opposite 

 the hinge : hinge running straight from the beak and 

 connecting the valves nearly to the end : in each 

 valve a blunt tooth running straight from the beak. 



Montague Brit. Shells, p. 566. tab. \6.f. 3. 



Shell 4. Vines long, 3 quarters of an inch broad, thin, brittle, white, 

 strongly wrinkled concentrically, fmaller and declining a little to- 

 wards the beak : values one a. little convex, the other fornewhat 

 concave: beak fmall,. n^ar the fmaller end : teeth not locking into 

 one another. 



38. TELLINA. 



199. T. Ferroemis. Oblong-oval, flat, radiate with red 

 and white and finely striate transversely : hinge with^ 

 out lateral teeth. 



Da Costa t. 14./. 1, Donovan, t. 60. T. ttifasciata. 



Shell 3 quarters of an inch long, an inch and a half broad, more 

 produced and obliquely truncate on the fore-part : teeth 2, oblique, 

 in each valve : beak fmall, nearly central, with an oblique elevated 

 ridge running down to the end where it forms an angle. 



200. T. squalida. Sub-oval, flat, pointed at the small 

 end, paleyellowish, faintly striate concentrically: hinge 

 with 2- teeth in one valveand 3 in the other, the lateral- 

 one remote and laminate at the base. 



D'dnov. t. 163. Montague Brit. Shells, p. 56. 



Shell an inch long, an inch and 3 quarters broad, thin, fometimes 

 covered with a brown skin j one valve reflecting a- little at the 

 fmall end and forming a depression on the furface, the other 

 turning inwards to correfpond : beak fmall, central. 



201. T. Iceia. Oval-oblong, fiat, equilateral, with strong 

 concentric strias: hinge with 3 teeth and a remote 

 lateral lamina, the outer tooth on the anterior side 

 cloven. 



Donovan t. 123. T. inequistriata. T;; punicea. GmeL 



Shell 3 quarters of an inch long^an inch and 4 lines broad, yel- 

 lowish-white or pale rciy^ unequally striate, equivalve : beak- 

 fmall, pointed: hinge in the middle. 



202. T. donacina. Sub-oval, flattish, much sloping on the 

 anterior-end, nearly smooth, semipellucid : hinge 

 with 2 teeth in one valve, and one in the. other. 



Cftcm, Conch, 6. U 12,/, 119. Linn, Trans, yjii, t, 1. /. 7, 



