PLATE XLI. 



FIG. II. 

 TELLINA VARIABILIS. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Shell somewhat oval or oblong, radiated with pale red streaks ; 

 a single tooth in the hinge of one valve, which is inserted between 

 two teeth on the other valve, when shut. 



Solen Vespertinus : testa ovali oblonga spadiceo-radiata, cardinis 

 sinistrae valvar dente solitario duplici alterius inserto. 

 Gmel. Lin. Syst. Conch, p. 3228. sp. 20. 



This is the Tel Una variabilis of the late Dr. Solander, and the 

 Portland Museum ; Gmelin arranges it amongst the Solens. 



Found on the coast of Cornwall and Weymouth, and not noticed 

 by either Pennant or Da Costa as an English shell. 



