TELLTNA. 1Q3 



SOLID TELLEN. 

 PL 46. /. 2. 



84. Tellina solidula. T. testa subglobosa, anterius subangulata. Act. 



Soc, Linn. 8. p. 58. 

 Shell subglobose, and somewhat angular before. 

 Bonan. Recr. 2. f, 44. Mus. Kirch. 2. f. 43. Lister Anim. AngL 



pi. 4. f. 25. — - Conch, pi. 405. f. 250. Petiv. Gaz. pi. 94. f. 6. 



Da Cost. Brit. Conch, pi. 12. f. 4. CAem Conch. 6. pi. 12. f. 110. 



Pult. in Hutch. Dorset, pi. 8. f. 4. Mow*. Test. Brit. p. 63. Peww. 



Brit. Zool. 1812. 4. p. 184. pi. 52. f. 2. 



A very strong, convex shell, nearly orbicular, but 

 projecting into a short, compressed beak, at one end : 

 the surface is smooth, and either plain, or variegated 

 with concentric bands of red, yellow, or whitish colours. 

 The inside, which is smooth, is either red, white, or 

 yellow, and generally of a deeper tint than the outside : 

 the hinge has two small teeth in each valve. Length 

 near an inch ; breadth rather more. 



Inhabits the European ocean, and is common on 

 the sandy shores of Great Britain, buried a few inches 

 beneath the surface. 



This species was mistaken by Pennant, for the T. 

 carnaria of Linnaeus, and Gmelin has referred it to 

 the T. incarnata of that celebrated naturalist; but we 

 have reason to suppose the T. incarnata of Linnaeus to 

 be the same as T. tenuis. 



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