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T. testa subovali, tenui, compressa, subaequilaterali, nitidaj 

 albido-rosea radio angusto pallidiore (nonnunquam duobus) pos- 

 tice ornata, sublsevigata, pellucida, antice rotundata; margine 

 ventrali convexiusculo ; dorsali utrinque convexiusculo, postice 

 declivi, antice subdeclivi ; latere postico paululum breviore, ob- 

 tuse cuneiformi ; flexura costaque umbonab: obsoletis ; ligamento 

 prominulo ; dente laterali parvo, approximato. 



Suboval, thin, compressed, subequilateral, pink with one or two 

 narrow posterior whitish rays, nearly smooth, glossy, pellucid, 

 rounded in front, rather shorter and obtusely wedge-shaped be- 

 hind ; ventral and dorsal edges tolerably convex, very moderately 

 sloping in front, but more so behind ; fold and flexure quite obso- 

 lete; ligament moderately prominent; lateral tooth small, ap- 

 proximate. 



Hab.? Mus. Metcalfe. 



117. Tellina exilis (pl.lix. f.104.) Lam. no. 26; Deshayes, 

 Ency. Meth. vol. hi. p. 1013; Hani. Des. Cat. p. 64. sup. t. 13. 

 f. 2; Deles, t. 6. f. 6. 



T. testa subovali, tenuissima, compressa, nitida, incequilaterali, 

 peUucida, rosea, radio uno vel altero postice ornata, minutissime 

 striata; striis antice concentricis, medio obliquis; margine ven- 

 trali subrecto ; dorsali antice convexiusculo et subdeclivi, postice 

 subrecto et declivi; latere postico cuneiformi et paulo breviore; 

 extremitate antica rotundata; flexura costaque umbonali obsoletis; 

 hgamento prominulo ; dente laterali parvo, subapproximato. 



Suboval, very thin, pellucid, compressed, rose-coloured, with 

 two narrow white posterior rays, nearly smooth being only marked 

 with very delicate and almost imperceptible regular striae, which, 

 concentric in front, become oblique on reaching the middle of the 

 shell ; ventral margin nearly straight ; anterior side rather the 

 longer, rounded, its dorsal edge not much sloping and slightly 

 convex ; posterior end wedge-shaped, the ligamental edge nearly 

 straight ; fold and flexure obsolete ; ligament moderately promi- 

 nent ; lateral tooth small, approximate. 



Hab.? Mus. Walton. 



118. Tellina vib,go (pi. lvii. f. 42.) Hanley, Zool. Proc. 

 1844. 



T. testa subovali, tenuissima, compressiuscula, insequilaterali, 

 nitida, pellucida, Candida, striis obliquis subremotis regularibus 

 ornata ; margine ventrali subrecto ; dorsali antice convexo et 

 subdeclivi, postice subrecto et declivi; latere antico longiore, 



