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than the latter, the striae are far more distinct, and it is entirely and always 

 destitute of the rose colored bands and lines, such as are represented in Born's 

 figure of that shell. It cannot be the T. angulosa of Gmel. as that species is 

 described to be sub -orbicular, and to have the lateral teeth remote, wherea? 

 the ' alternatM ' has but one of lateral teeth remote. " 



It is a common shell upon the beaches of South Carolina, and is in Mr. 

 Stimpson's list of shells found at Beaufort, N. C. 



3. Tellina interrupta. 



Tellina interrupta, Wood, 1815. 

 Tellina maculosa, Lam., 1818. 



Tellina interrupta, d'OKBioNY, L'Isle de Cuba, Mollusques, 

 1855. 



I have found two perfect specimens of this shell upon the beach at Sullivan's 

 Island. 



4. Tellina flexnosa. 



Tellina flexuosa. Say, June, 1822. 



Tellina mirabilis, Philippi, 1841. 



Tellina flexuosa, Sow., 1846. 



Tellina flexuosa, d'OEBiGNY, Mollus. L'lsle de Cuba, 1855. 



Say's description : ' ' Shell sub -orbicular, white ; anterior margin longer 

 than the posterior one, and less obtusely rounded ; beak placed behind the 

 middle, not prominent ; surface obliquely sculptured with very regular paral- 

 lel, impressed lines, which on the anterior margin are four or five times refracted 

 and infracted alternately ; longitudinal striae none ; transverse wrinkles minute. 



Length nine-twentieths of an inch. Breadth rather more. Thickness one- 

 fourth of an inch. Inhabits the Southern Coast. 



The fold on the anterior margin is very slight, but perceptible and is rendered 

 remarkable by the zig-zag course of the oblique striae over it. " 



Not uncommon upon the beaches near Charleston, So. Ca. Very common 

 in the Post-Pleiocene at Cainhoy, Wando Biver, So. Ca. 



5. Tellina polita. 



Tellina polita. Say, June, 1822. 



Angulus polita, Adams, Oen. Recent Shells. 



Say's description : ' ' Shell transversely sub-triangular, minutely Avrinkleil 

 concentrically, white, immaculate ; anterior margin rather shorter than the 



