164 TELLINA. 



running from the hinge to each end; beak angular, 

 inflected, and waved; margins plain and blunt. Inside 

 white, with a stain of yellow under the hinge ; two pri- 

 mary teeth in one valve, and one in the other, lateral 

 teeth remote. Length three quarters of an inch, breadth 

 two inches and a half. 



Inhabits the shores of the Nicobar Islands, and is 

 found in different parts of the Indian Ocean. 



This shell was first figured by Lister, from a worn 

 specimen, without the spines. Chemnitz in fig. 88, has 

 represented the shell with great fidelity. 



CARNATION TELLEN. 

 PL 45. /. 1. 



36. Tellina Ferroensis. T. testa oblongo-ovata, compressa, albo rubel- 



loque radiata, subtiliter transversim striata ; cardinis dentibus latera- 



libus nullis. Linn. Gmel. p. 3235. 

 Shell oblong-oval, compressed, rayed with white and reddish, finely 



striated transversely ; hinge without lateral teeth. 

 Lister Anim. Angl. App. t. 1. f. 8. Conch, t. 394. f. 241. 



Petiv. Gaz. t. 94. f. 9. Penn. Brit. Zool. 1812. 4. pi. 50. f. 3. Da 



Costa Brit. Conch, p. 209. t. 14. f. 1. (T. radiata) Born Test. pi. 2. 



f. 5. (T. angulata) Chem. Conch. 6. pi. 10. f. 91. Donov. Brit. 



Shells, pi. 60. (T. trifasciata) Mont. Test. Brit. p. 55. Linn. Trans. 



8. p. 49. 



An oblong shell, truncated at one end, and rounded at 

 the other ; the surface finely striated transversely, and 

 marked with red and white rays ; striae waved over the 

 ridge which runs from the apex to the angular margin ; 

 inside white, or rose-coloured ; hinge with two teeth in 

 each valve; lateral teeth wanting. Length from half an 

 inch to an inch, breadth from one inch to two. 



