PLATE XCVIIL 



TELLINA FAUSTA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



The hinge usually furnished with three teeth. Shell generally 

 sloping on one side. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Somewhat triangular with many obsolete minute transverse striae- 



Tellina fausta : testa subtriangulari, striis transversis minutissi- 



mis obsoletis. 

 Tellina fausta. Soland. Ms.— List. Conch, t. 388./. 235. 



An extremely scarce Bi itish species, and not mentioned by either 

 Penant, or Da Costa. 



This shell is generally of a pale cream colour on the outside, and 

 beautifully tinged with yellow within. 



VOL. Ill, 



