TELLINA. 175 



STRIATED TELLEN- 



57. Tellina striata. T. testa incequilatera, utrinque rotundata, ex roseo- 



alba, pellncida. Linn. Gmel. p. 3238. 

 Shell with unequal sides, rounded at both ends, rosy white, pellucid. 

 Gualt. Test. pi. 89. f. C. Mont. Test. Brit. p. 60. 



A smooth shell, minutely striated concentrically, of a 

 rosy white on the outside, and within. There are two 

 teeth at the hinge, and a strong remote lateral tooth on 

 each side, in both valves. Length an inch and a quar- 

 ter, breadth two inches. 



Inhabits the European Ocean, and has been found in 

 England by Mr. Bryer, between Weymouth and Port- 

 land, in Dorsetshire. The reference to Chemnitz, 

 adopted by Mr. Montagu, has not been noticed, from a 

 firm persuasion that the shell quoted in his Conchology, 

 vol. 6. pi. 12. f. 117. is a representation of the T. tenuis. 



ROSY TELLEN. 



58. Tellina rosea. T. testa costis, tenuibus a cardine ad marginem de- 



currentibus. Linn. Gmel. p. 3238. 

 Shell rosy, with thin ribs running from the hinge to the margin. 

 Knorr Vergn. 5. pi. 9. f. 3. 



This shell, which is described by Knorr, is an inch 

 long, and an inch and a half broad. Its country is un- 

 known. 



