TELLINA. 



LISTER S TELLEN. 



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44. Tellina pectinata. T. testa rotundata, plana, tenui, subfusca, longi- 

 tudinaliter striata. Linn. Gmel.\>. 3236. 



Shell rounded, flat, thin, brownish, longitudinally striated. 

 List. Conch, pi. 300. f. 137. 



This is an obscure species, figured only by Lister, 

 who described it as of a yellowish colour, and chan- 

 nelled on each side from the beak. Length two inches 

 and a quarter, breadth two inches and a half. 



Among Lister's notes, it is mentioned as an East In- 

 dian shell. 



NARROW TELLEN. 



45. Tellina angusta. T. testa planiuscula, rubra, albo-radiata, altero 

 fine acuminata, altero rotundata. Linn. Gmel. p. 3236. 



Shell flattish, red with white rays, one end pointed, the other rounded. 

 List. Conch, pi. 383. f. 226. 



A narrow shell, rather less than half an inch long, 

 and an inch broad. 



MADAGASCAR TELLEN. 

 PL 39./. 2, 3. Mr. Jennings. 



46. Tellina Madagascariensis. T. testa ovali, altero fine subacuminata. 



Linn. Gmel. p. 3237. 

 Shell oval, somewhat pointed at one end. 

 List . Conch, pi. 386. f. 233. 



A thick, heavy, compressed shell, of a flesh colour, 

 with a rosy tip and margin. One end is rounded, the 



