156 TELLINA. 



SEMI-STRIATED TELLEN. 

 PL 45. /. 4. 



23. Tellina fabula. T. testa ovata, compressa, inflexa, anterius subros- 



trata ; valva altera lcevi y altera oblique substriata, striis reflexis. Linn, 



Gmel. p. 3239. 

 Shell oval, compressed, inflected, a little produced before ; one valve 



smooth, the other with oblique reflected striae. 

 Gronov. Zooph. pi. 18. f. 9. Pult. in Hutch. Dorset, p. 30. pi. 12. f. 3. 



andf. 3. a. Donov. Brit. Shells, pi. 97. Mont. Test. Brit. p. 61. 



Linn. Trans. 8. p. 52. 



A thin, white shell, not in shape unlike the T. tenuis, 

 but more produced before. It is distinguished imme- 

 diately by its valves, one of which is quite plain, while 

 the other is marked obliquely with almost impercep- 

 tible striae. Specimens have occurred, though very 

 rarely, striated on both sides. The hinge has three 

 teeth in one valve, and two in the other. Length half an 

 inch, breadth three quarters of an inch. 



Inhabits the European and American Seas, and is 

 found on some of the sandy shores of England and 

 Wales. Many very fine specimens have been collected 

 at Sandwich in Kent, where it was first discovered by 

 the late Mr. Boys, mixed with T. tenuis. 



