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1844) Ab. unci Bes. Conch, part 5. t. 5. f . 7 ; T. puella, Hanky, 

 Zool. Proc. (November) 1844. 



T. testa, inrequilatcrali, tenui, ventricosa, lgevi, nitidiuscul^ extus 

 intusque albido-rosea aut pallide carnea ; margine ventrab antice 

 arcuato, postice sursum acclinato ; dorsali antice primum retuso 

 et vix declivi deinde arcuato satisque declivi, postice primum sub- 

 recto deinde convexiusculo et valde decbvi ; latere antico lougiore, 

 rotundato; postico brevi, et obtuse angulato; flexura costaque 

 umbonali baud conspicuis sed satis distinctis ; lunula parva, im- 

 pressa ; natibus obtusis ; bgamento angusto, prominulo ; dentibus 

 parvis ; laterabbus remotis, subsequidistantibus. 



Ovate, tliin, inequilateral, ventricose, smootb, rather glossy, pink 

 or flesh-coloured both externally and internally ; ventral edge ar- 

 cuated in front, rising posteriorly ; dorsal edge convex and but 

 little sloping in front, sbghtly convex and much sloping behind ; 

 anterior side the longer, rounded ; posterior side short, narrowed 

 and angulated ; umbonal ridge nearly obsolete, ventral flexure dis- 

 tinct ; beaks obtuse ; ligament rather prominent ; teeth small, the 

 lateral distant and nearly equally remote. 



Senegal. 



Dr. Philippics publication had not reached me at the date of my 

 describing this very distinct species. 



61. Tellina striatula (pi. lxi. f. 175.) Lam,, no. 33; Enc. 

 Meth. t. 292. f . 1 ; T. hippopoidea, Jonas, Ab. und Bes. Conch, 

 part 3. t. 5. f. 1. 



T. testa, sublenticular!, subobliqua, paululum subinsequivalvi, 

 solidiuscula, subnitida, Candida, sublsevigata ; margine ventrali 

 valde acuto, postice sursum acclinato ; dorsab antice convexo, 

 satisque declivi, postice subrecto et valde declivi ; natibus acutis, 

 prominentibus ; flexura ventrab subinconspicua, ; area postica dor- 

 sali marginibus acutis costae umbonabs circumsepta, planulata 

 aut subconcava ; ligamento infosso ; latere antico longiore, rotun- 

 dato; extremitate postica breviter acuminata; superficie interna, 

 nivea, ; dentibus laterabbus magnis, antico approximato. 



Sublenticular, rather oblique, very slightly inequivalve, not very 

 strong, convex, slightly glossy, white, nearly smooth, (being only 

 marked with most indistinct minute radiating lines near the arcu- 

 ated ventral margin which rising upward posteriorly almost forms 

 a rectangle with the nearly straight and strongly sloping ligamental 

 edge ; front side the longer, extremity rounded, dorsal edge convex 

 and moderately sloping; beaks acute and prominent, slightly curving 



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