TELLIJSTA. 189 



FLESH-COLOURED TELLEN. 

 PL 40. /. 4, 5. Dr. Coombe. 



79. Tellina carnaria. T. testa suborbiculata, Icevi, utrinque incarnata, 



oblique striata, striis hinc reflexis. Linn, Syst. Nat. ed, 12. p. 1119. 



Linn. Gmel. p. 3240. 

 Shell somewhat orbicular, smooth, flesh-coloured (or rosy) within and 



without, and marked with oblique, reflected striae. 

 List. Conch, pi. 339. f. 176. Born Test. pi. 2. f. 14. Chem. Conch. 6. 



pi. 13. f. 126. Donov. Brit. Shells, pi. 47. Mont . Test. Brit. p. 73. 



Linn. Trans. 8. p. 57. Penn. Brit. Zool. 1812. 4. p. 183. 



A light rose-coloured, orbicular shell, somewhat 

 compressed, and marked with numerous, very fine, re- 

 flex striae, running obliquely on the anterior margin, 

 and in an undulating manner on the posterior margin ; 

 the intermediate striae pass obliquely from the apex to 

 the fore part of the shell. Inside smooth and glossy, 

 with two teeth in one valve, and one in the other; la- 

 teral teeth remote. Length near an inch ; breadth the 

 same. 



Inhabits the American Ocean, and has been found in 

 England, but not recently. 



