146 TELLINA. 



Gmelin as a variety of this species, is too unlike the 

 shell to be quoted. 



FRECKLED TELLEN. 



PL 36. /. 3. 



4. Tellina interrupta. T. testa oblonga, crassiuscula, antice angu- 

 lata, rostrata, inflexa, dentibus lateralibus prominulis. 



Shell oblong, thickish, angular before, beaked, and turned inwards; 



lateral teeth rather prominent. 

 List. Conch, t. 399. f. 238. Chem. Conch. 6. pi. 8. f. 73. Encyclop. 



Method.^. 288. f. 7. 



This shell, which is the T. interrupta of Dr. Solan- 

 der, is strongly striated transversely, and covered, ex- 

 cept at a few intervals, with interrupted lines of tawny, 

 or brown, freckles. The beak is inflected, and wrinkled. 

 The inside is glossy and yellow, with a white margin. 



Inhabits the Indian and American Seas. 



It is perfectly distinct from the T. virgata, though 

 considered as a variety of that shell by Chemnitz. It 

 has not been noticed by Gmelin. 



ANGULAR TELLEN. 



PI. 43. f. 1. LinnjEAN Society's Cabinet. 



5. Tellina angulata. T. testa subovata, striis transversis, recurvatis, an 

 terius angulata ; dentibus lateralibus nullis. Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 

 12. p. 1116. Linn. Gmel. p. 3329. 



Shell somewhat oval, angular before, with transverse recurved striae ; no 



lateral teeth. 

 List. Conch, t. 406. f. 252. Chem. Conch. 6. pi. 9. f. 75. Encyclop. 



Mdhod. pi. 290. f. 3. Schrot. Conch. 2. p. 643. pi. 7. f. 8. 



This species is distinguished by its abrupt slope on 

 the hind part of the shell ; it is of a white colour, round- 

 ed before, and faintly striated transversely ; the inside is 



