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70. Tellina sincera (pi. lix. f. 144.) Hanley, Zool. Proc. 

 1844. 



T. testa T. Carnar'm simillima, sod inajore, latiore, compressa et 

 albida; striis tenuioribus ; ligamento valde angusto; natibus pau- 

 lulum ad latus anticum spectantibus ; margine ventrali solum sub- 

 arcuato ; deutibus lateralibus conspicuis, subsequidistantibus. 



Extremely like Carnaria, but larger, broader, white and depressed ; 

 the ligament extremely narrow ; sculpture still finer, beaks slightly 

 curved forward, ventral edge less arcuated ; lateral teeth conspi- 

 cuous and subequidistant. 



N. W. Coast of America, (Dr. Sinclair). 



71. Tellina pisiformls (pi. lvi. f. 30.) Lin. Syst. 1120.; 

 Dillwyn. D. Cat, p. 102. ; Wood. Gen. Con. p. 194. 



T. testa parva,suborbiculari, solidiuscula, ventricosa, nitidiuseula, 

 albido-rosea ; oblique substriata, striis postice angulo acuto re- 

 flexis ; margine ventrali convexo ; dorsali antice brevi subrecto et 

 paululum declivi, postice convexo et valde declivi; extremitate 

 antica obtusa ; latere postico longiore, rotundato ; natibus promi- 

 nentibus ; umbonibus extus intusque roseis ; flexura costaque 

 umbonali obsoletis ; deutibus lateralibus distinctis, subsequidis- 

 tantibus. 



Var. Testa, majore, pallide lutea, 



Small, subglobose, tolerably strong, but slightly glossy, both 

 within and without of a pinkish white with the umbones rosy, ob- 

 liquely substriated, the shies curving posteriorwards, except over 

 the umbonal slope, (which, as well as the fold, is quite obsolete) 

 where they are met at acute angles by another set with a slight 

 anterior inclination ; ventral edge simply convex ; front dorsal 

 edge very short, nearly straight, and scarcely sloping, the hinder 

 one convex, and greatly sloping ; anterior extremity obtuse ; pos- 

 terior side the longer and narrower, tip rounded ; beaks very pro- 

 minent ; lateral teeth distinct, and nearly equidistant, 



Var. Larger, and of an uniform pale yellow. 



W. Indies. 



The Cardium cliscors of Montagu, which has erroneously been 

 inserted in the British Fauna, is evidently this or the succeeding 

 species. 



72. Tellina flexuosa (pi. lvi. f. 28, 29.) Say. Journ. Ac. 

 N.S. ; Philad. vol. ii. p. 303. ; Hani. Des. Cat, p. 2 ; T. mirabilis, 

 Fhilippi, Wiegm. Arclriv. f. nat, 1841. p. 200. 



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