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TAB. LXXV. 
TELLINA similis. 
Class 6. Vermes. Order 3. Testacea. 
Spec. Char. Ovate, compressed. Both valves 
diagonally striated five-sixths over the surface. 
Beak not curved. 
Perhaps this very distinct species of shell may now be in 
many cabinets among specimens of that very curious shell 
Tellina Fabula, Gmel. 3239 , among which I met with this 
when given me by my friend Mr. Charles Stokes, who 
found them all at Brighton. 
It differs at first sight from Tellina Fabula in being- 
less acuminated, and not being curved ; which curve, and a 
slight truncation, seem to have escaped the notice of some 
authors, and would have been of little consequence but for 
this species. This curve turns towards the obtuse or truncated 
end, is bounded by an inner line or ridge terminating at the 
hinge part, near the umbo, and this portion of the shell is 
destitute of these striae. This end in our shell is rounded, 
and has two ridges terminating at the umbo; one reaching 
much further into the shell, and terminating the diagonal 
striae, which are broader in ours at the opposite end of the 
shell. These broad stria are more central in the Tellina 
Fabula. 
