180 TELLINA 



*** Shells suborbicular. 



POMEGRANATE-FLOWER TELLEN. 



66. Tellina balaustina. T. testa dilatato-orbiculata, laviuscula ; valvula 

 altera dentibus lateralibus. Linn: Syst. Nat. ed. 1812. p. 1119. Linn. 

 Gmel. p. 3239. 



Shell dilated-orbicular, smoothish, with lateral teeth in one valve. 



A whitish shell, nearly round, but rather broader 

 than long, marked with obsolete red rays. It is the 

 size of a lupine seed. 



Inhabits the Miditerranean. 



We are not acquainted with this shell, which Linnaeus 

 compares to the flower of the pomegranate. 



RASP TELLEN. 



Pl.Sb.f. 1. Mr. Jennings. 



67. Tellina scobinata. T. testa lenticulari, scabra, squamis lunatis, 



quincuncialibus. Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. p. 1119. Linn. Gmel. 



p. 3240. 

 Shell lenticular, rough, with lunate scales disposed in a quincunx order. 

 List. Conch, pi. 302. f. 143. Rumph. Mus. pi. 43. f. E. Petiver Amboin. 



pi. 18. f. 7. Gualt. Test. pi. 76. f. E. Knorr Vergn. 6. pi. 37. f. 3. 



Chem. Conch. 6. pi. 13. f. 122—124. Encyclop. Method, pi. 291. f. 4. 



a — d. 



A white, or flesh-coloured shell, with a pale yellow 

 apex ; angular and slightly inflected on the fore part ? 

 and every where covered, except at the apex, with 

 rough scales, resembling a baker's rasp. Inside pale 

 yellow; hinge with two primary teeth in one valve, 



