Tellina. 
MOLLUSCA. DONACIDtE. 
435 
479* T. lineata . — Shell oval, with crowded transverse striae, 
one valve double toothed, one of the teeth cloven, with a lateral 
one on each side, the other valve with a single cloven tooth and 
no lateral ones. 
Turt. Biv. Brit. 99. t. vii. f. 1 — Teignmouth Bay. 
Length |ths, breadth |ths of an inch ; white, with a pale and longitudinal 
stripe from the beaks to the oral extremity ; thin, semitransparent, with nu- 
merous fine transverse striae, strongest at the extremities. 
480. T. punkea. — Oval, oblong, with transverse striae, and 
minute longitudinal ones ; onet valve double toothed, with a 
single lateral one, the other with a single primary and lateral 
tooth. 
Turt. Lin. Trans, iv. 194 — T. laeta, PuU. Dorset. 29. Mont. Test. Brit. 
57 — T. inaequistriata, Don. Brit. Shells, t. cxxiii — T. punicea, Turt 
Biv. Brit. 100. — South coast of England and Dunbar, rare. 
Length three-quarters of an inch, breadth upwards of an inch ; variously 
tinged with pink ; the concentric striae are regular and strong ; one of the 
primary teeth bilid, the lateral one contiguous, broad and oblique. 
481. ^.fahula. — Shell oval, contracted retrally; the left 
valve obliquely striated. 
Tuit. Linn. iv. 194.— Dow. Brit. Shells, t. xcvii. — Mont. Test. Brit. 61. 
— Turt. Biv. Brit. 101. — Sandy coasts, common. 
Length half an inch, breadth three quarters ; thin, glossy, white and iri- 
descent ; concentrically striated irregularly ; a single tooth in the right valve, 
with a minute adjacent denticle; two teeth in the left, and a rounded lateral 
one. 
482. T. Shell oval, with both valves obliquely stria- 
ted. 
Sower. Brit. Misc. t. Ixxv. — Turt. Biv. Brit. 102.— Southern shores of 
England. 
This shell is not so broad as the preceding, being broader and more abbre- 
viated retrally ; the oblique striae are finer and more remote, and there is a 
lateral tooth in each margin. 
483. T. donacina. — Shell oval, transversely striate, very ob- 
tuse anteally ; in one valve two teeth, and a lateral one on each 
side ; in the other a single primary tooth. 
Linn. Syst. i. 1118. — Mont. Test. Brit. 58. t. xxvii. f. 3. — Turt. Biv. 
Brit. 103. — Various parts of the coast, rare. 
Length three quarters, breadth one inch and a quarter ; yellowish, with 
red, often interrupted, longitudinal rays ; hinge with a single cloven tooth in 
one valve, and no lateral ones ; in the other, two teeth, one of them cloven, 
and a strong, rather remote, lateral tooth on each side. 
484. T. himaculata. — Oval-triangular, slightly striate trans- 
versely, a little angular retrally ; in one valve two teeth, and 
lateral ones ; in the other a single tooth, and lateral ones. 
T. lata. List. Conch, t. ccclxxxv. — T. bim. Linn. ^Syst. 1 120 — Don. Brit- 
Shells, t. xix. f. \.~~-Mont. Test. Brit. 69. — Turt. Biv. Brit. 103. t. viii. 
f. 5. 
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