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95. Tellina foliacea (pi. lxiv. f. 253.) Lin. Sys. 1117; Lin. 

 Mns. Ulr. p. 479; Chem. vol. 6. f. 95; Wood, Gen. Conch, t. 36. 

 f. 1 ; Lam. no. 12 ; Hani. Des. Cat. p. 62. t.3. f. 20 ; Knorr.vol.v. 

 t. 29. f. 2. 



T. testa oblonga, tenui, planulata, nitidissima, subsequilaterah, 

 aurantia, sublsevigata, concentrice et obsolete substriata, et supra 

 carinam unibonalem altera in valvula punctis squamosis radiata ; 

 margine ventrali subrecto ; latere antico subattenuato, rotundato; 

 postico biangidato; margine ligamentaH convexo, paululum de- 

 clivi, et spinis lanceolatis armato ; umbonibus valde compressis ; 

 natibus inconspicuis ; ligamento infosso; dente laterali approxhnato, 

 parvo. 



Oblong, tlun, and flattened, very glossy, subequilateral, bright 

 orange-yellow, nearly smooth but substriated in front with very fine 

 concentric Hues, and roughened in one valve beyond the suhcari- 

 nated umbonal ridge by radiating rows of scaly dots ; ventral edge 

 nearly straight ; anterior side rounded, and rather attenuated ; pos- 

 terior side obtusely biangulated; ligamental edge convex, but 

 little sloping, elongated, and armed with lanceolate spines ; liga- 

 ment elongated and sunken ; beaks not prominent ; umbones much 

 flattened, plicated; inside somewhat tinged with purple; lateral 

 tooth small and approximate. 



San Nicolas, Zebu (Cuming) ; Amboyna ; Moluccas. 



96. Tellina magna (pi. lxiv. f. 239, and pLlxiii. f. 201. 

 young.) Spengler, loc. cit. (1798); T. acuta, Wood, Gen. Conch, 

 p. 157. t. 44. f. 1 ; Dillw.Des.Cat. p. 81 ; Hani. Des. Cat. p. 63. 

 t. 3. f. 25 ; T. elliptica, Lam. no. 16. 



T. testa oblonga, solida, insequilaterali, compressa, nitidissima, 

 laevigata, albida, pallide aurantio superne radiata (in junioribus 

 aurantia, radiis angustis pallidioribus ornata) ; margine ventrali 

 convexo, postice sursmn acelinato ; dorsali autice convexo et pau- 

 lulum declivi, postice superne subretuso satisque declivi; latere 

 antico longiore, rotundato; postico angustato, angulato; natibus 

 roseis, compressis; ligamento infosso; flexura costaque umbonali 

 satis conspicuis ; dente laterali subapproximato. 



Oblong, solid, inequilateral, compressed, smooth and polished, 

 white with pale orange rays near the umbones ; the beaks com- 

 pressed and rosy (in the young the surface is deep orange with narrow 

 paler rays) ; ventral edge convex and rising posteriorly ; anterior 

 side the longer, rounded at the extremity, its dorsal edge more or 

 less convex and but little sloping ; posterior side narrow and angu- 



