TELLINA. 173 



SUBCUNEATED TELLEN. 



51. Tellina triangularis. T. testa subcuneata, albida, transverse striata. 



Linn. Gmel. p. 3237. 

 Shell somewhat wedge-shaped, whitish, transversely striated. 

 List. Conch, p. 401. f. 244. 



This is a thin species, described by Lister, who has 

 added a variety, f. 245. of the same plate, which, from 

 its shape, has more the appearance of a distinct species. 



BROAD TELLEN. 



52. Tellina lata. T. testa alba ineequilatera, alter o fine subacuminata. 

 Linn. Gmel. p. 3237. 



Shell white with unequal sides, a little pointed at one end. 

 List. Conch, pi. 407. f. 253. 



This species is something like the T. depressa ; it is an 

 inch and a quarter long, and two inches and three quar- 

 ters broad. 



Inhabits the Norwegian Ocean. 



JAMAICA TELLEN. 



53. Tellina Jamaicensis. T. testa crassa, rostro extus purpurascente. 

 Linn. Gmel. p. 3237. 



Shell thick, beak purplish on the outside. 

 List. Conch, pi. 408. f. 254. 



An oval shell, rounded at one end, and rather pro- 

 duced at the other, with an incurvated margin. Figured 

 only by Lister. 



Inhabits Jamaica. 



