144 TELLINA. 



. * Shells oval and thickish. 



TOOTHED TELLEN. 



1. Tellina gargadia. T. testa subrotunda, compressa, anterius rugosa, 



rima dentata. Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. p. 1116. Linn. Gmel. 



p. 3228. 

 Shell roundish, compressed, and wrinkled on the fore part ; valves 



toothed on the slope. 

 Petiv. Gaz. pi. 18. Rumph. Mus. t. 43. f. N. Favanne Catal. No. 1539. 



t. 6. Chem. Conch. 6. pi. 8. f. 63, 64. a. b. 



A small, roundish, white shell, with a slight flexure 

 before ; the anterior half transversely wrinkled ; the 

 fente is open, and the marginal slope thin, and set with 

 about seven erect teeth; the inside is yellowish, and 

 the middle tooth of the hinge cleft. Length an inch and 

 a quarter ; breadth rather more. 



Inhabits the Indian Ocean, and is a rare shell. 



CATS-TONGUE TELLEN. 

 PL 40. /. 2, 3. Mr. Strong. 



2. Tellina Lingua-felis. T. testa subovata, scabra ; squamulislunatis quin- 

 cuncialibus. Linn. Syst. Nat, ed. 12. p. 111.6. Linn. Gmel. p. 3229. 



Shell somewhat oval, rough; set with lunate scales disposed in a quin- 

 cunx order. 



Petiv. Gaz. t. 17. Rumph. Mus. t. 45. f. G. Gualt. Test. pi. 76. f. B. 

 Knorr. Vergn. 2. pi. 2. f. 1. Favanne Conch, pi. 40. Chem. Conch. 

 6. pi. 8. f. 65. Encyclop. Method, pi. 289. f. 6. Marty n Univ. 

 Conch. 4. pi. 138. 



This is a very delicate species, rough, like shagrin, 

 on the surface, and rayed, and striped with pink ; the 

 scales are erect, and acute, and the fore part of the 



