194 TELLINA. 



BALTIC TELLEN. 



85. Tellina Balthica. T. testa subrotunda lavi, extus incarnata. Linn. 



Syst. Nat. ed. 12. p. 1120. Linn. Gmel. p. 3241. 

 Shell roundish, smooth, and flesh-coloured on the outside. 

 Chem. Conch. 6. pi. 13. f. 128. 



A thin, brittle, pellucid, compressed shell, of a some- 

 what triangular shape; white within, and flesh co- 

 loured, or rosy, on the outside ; hinge the same as in 

 T. carnaria. It is the size of a lupine seed. 



Inhabits the Baltic sea. 



PEA TELLEN. 



86. Tellina pisiformis. T. testa subglobosa, lavi, intus incarnata, ob- 

 lique substriata; striis anterius angulo acute reflexis. Linn. Syst. 

 Nat. ed. 12. p. 1120. Linn. Gmel. p. 3241. 



Shell subglobular, smooth, within carnation, somewhat striated obliquely, 

 stria? reflected into an acute angle on the fore part. 



A white shell, with a purple tip ; the striae are hardly 

 visible to the naked eye ; primary tooth of the hinge 

 simple, lateral teeth rather prominent. It is the size 

 of a pea. 



Inhabits the European ocean, at the mouths of rivers. 



