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T. testa 1\ splendida simillima, sed striis sulcisque exilioribus 

 et magis confertis; utraque valvula striis arcuatis obliquis ad 

 extremitatem posticam notataj superficie interna purpurea, albo 

 postice biradiata. 



Extremely like the last, but in addition to the superior delicacy 

 and more crowded arrangement of both sulci and stria?, the pos- 

 terior end is distinguished by the possession of those curved ob- 

 lique strise which we perceive less distinctly in Carnaria; the 

 inner surface is adorned posteriorly with two white or pale rays on 

 a purplish ground. 



Senegal. 



69. Tellina carnaria (pi. lvi. f. 37, 38.) Lin. 1119 ; Chem. 

 vol. 6. f. 126 ; Wood, Gen. Conch, t. 40. f. 4 j List. t. 339. f.176. 

 Hani. Des. Cat. p. 72. t. 4. f. 79; Lucina carnaria, Lam. no. 8; 

 Strigilla carnaria, Turt. Brit. Biv. p. 117. t. 7. f. 15. 



T. testa suborbiculari, convexa, subinsequivalvi, insequilaterali, 

 solidiuscula, nitida, albido-rosea, (intus rosea), varie et exihter stri- 

 ata, striis medio obliquis, radiantibus, ad latus posticum spectan- 

 tibus ; antice flexuosis et cum striis mediis angulum formantibus ; 

 postice tenuissimis, confertissimis, arcuatis (nonnunquam subob- 

 soletis, et cum striis mediis angulum acutissimum formantibus) ; 

 margine ventrali subarcuato ; dorsali utrinque subrecto, declivi, 

 antice brevi, postice elongato ; extremitate antica obtusa, superne 

 subangulata ; latere postico valde longiore, attenuato, ad extremi- 

 tatem rotundato ; flexura, costaque umbonali obsoletis ; dentibus 

 laterahbus distinctis, subajqmdistantibus. 



Suborbicular, convex, moderately strong, glossy, pink, rose-co- 

 loured, or whitish more or less tinged with pink, most delicately 

 striated in various directions; stria? on the anterior area very 

 fiexuous and forming an angle with those on the central area, 

 which obliquely radiate posteriorward ; stria? on the posterior slope 

 extremely fine, curved, and meeting at a very acute angle ; ventral 

 edge arcuated ; anterior side much the shorter, its extremity obtuse, 

 and subangulated above, its dorsal edge short and moderately 

 sloping, posterior extremity rounded and narrowed, the dorsal edge 

 greatly sloping and nearly straight ; a small lunule ; ligament 

 sunken ; umbonal ridge and flexure nearly obsolete ; beaks in- 

 curved ; inside rosy ; lateral teeth distinct and nearly equidistant. 



W. Indies ; W. Columbia. 



The shell is deeper from the umbones to the ventral margin, 

 than in Splendida ; the posterior and central strise are often divi- 

 ded by a smooth radiating space. 



