154 TELLINA, 



** Shells oval and compressed. 



FOLIACEOUS TELLEN. 

 PI. 36./. 1. Dr. Coombe. 



20. Tellina foliacea. T. testa ovali, pube scabra, rima serrata. Linn. 

 Syst. Nat. ed. 12. p. 1117. Linn. Gmel p. 3232. 



Shell oval, angular compartment rough, fente serrated. 



Rumph. Mus. t. 45. f. K. Argenville Conch, pi. 22. f. E. Favanne 



Conch, pi. 49. f. S. 2. Knorr Vergn. pi. 29. f. 2. Chem. Conch. 6. 



pi. 10. f. 95. Encyclop. Method, pi. 287. f. 4. 



A very flat shell, of a fine orange colour, delicately, 

 but distinctly, striated transversely. One end is round- 

 ed, the other truncated and angular, with rough longi- 

 tudinal striae ; the upper edge, from the apex, is toothed. 

 The hinge has a bifid tooth in one valve, and a plain 

 tooth in the other; lateral teeth slight, and near the 

 hinge. Length two inches, breadth rather more than 

 three. 



Inhabits the Indian Ocean, and was first described by 

 Rumphius. 



WHITISH TELLEN. 



21. Tellina albida. T. testa ovali Icevi ; nymphis prominentibus. Linn. 

 Mus. Lud. Ulr. 479. No. 23. Linn. Gmel. p. 3231. 



Shell oval and smooth ; nymphae prominent. 



This species, according to Linnaeus, is faintly striated 

 transversely. It is the size of an egg, of a reddish white 

 on the outside, and quite white within : the hinge has a 

 distinct suture on each side, marked with minute trans- 

 verse red striae ; in each valve there are three teeth. 



Inhabits the European Ocean. 



