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FASICATED TELLEN. 



61. Tellina strigosa. T. testa albicante fasciata, glabra, ad marginem 

 rugosa ; cardinis dentibus in valva dextra duohus, in sinistra tribus. 

 Linn. Gmel. p. 3239. 



Shell with whitish bands, smooth, and wrinkled at the margin; hinge 



with two teeth in one valve, and three in the other. 

 Adans. Seneg. pi. 17. f. 9. 



This shell, externally, bears some resemblance to the 

 T. Madagascariensis, but differs essentially in the teeth. 

 It is rounded behind, and rather produced and plaited 

 before. The colour of the bands which cross the shell, 

 in young specimens, is yellow ; in old ones, grey-violet. 

 Length about an inch and a half; breadth two inches 

 and a half, but subject to considerable variation in size. 



Inhabits the sandy shores of Macao, one of the Mo- 

 lucca islands. 



SNOWY TELLEN. 

 PL 46. /. 1. Mrs. Mawe. 



62. Tellina nivea. T. testa ovata, compressa, anterius subangulata, car- 

 dinis dente primario in altera valva solitario, jisso, duplici alterius 

 inserto. 



Shell oval, compressed, somewhat angular before ; hinge with a solitary, 

 cleft, primary tooth, in one valve, inserted between two others in the 

 opposite valve. 



This is a smooth, delicate shell, perfectly white, and 

 of an oval shape, rounded at one end, and rather pro- 

 duced, and angular, at the other; besides the primary 

 teeth, mentioned in the specification, there is one rather 

 remote. Length an inch and an eighth ; breadth an inch 

 and five eighths. 



Inhabits the American Ocean. 



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