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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
i Tellina vespuciana d’Orbigny. 
Tellina vespuciana d’Orbigny, Moll. Cubana, ji, p. 254, pl.xxvi, figs. 12-14, 1845. 
Shell small, subrhomboid, rather solid, with a long, nearly straight posterior truncation; posterior 
ridge well developed, slightly duplex, ending below in a feeble biangulation; surface with rather fine, 
faint, concentric ridges, appearing smooth to the eye; shining, deep pinkish, or red, lighter at the 
beaks; left valve with a double posterior and a small anterior cardinal, and t he laterals obsolete; right 
valve with a strong bifid posterior and a well-developed anterior cardinal, and two distinct laterals; 
the anterior high and compressed; interior deep red, brilliantly polished. 
Length, 11; height, 6.5; diameter, 3 mm. 
Mayaguez, Porto Rico, one fine, fresh specimen. 
Tellina lineata Turton. 
Tellina lineata Turton, Conch. Diet., p. 168, pi. iv, fig. 16, 1819; Sowerby, Conch. Icon., xvii, pl.xvm, figs. 89n-c. 
Shell two-thirds as high as long, subsolid, subcompressed, with dorsal and basal lines parallel; 
posterior end with a well-defined ridge; above this is a sharp, short ridge, and the two hinder ridges 
inclose a small escutcheon in which is placed the ligament; base of shell feebly biangulate behind; 
surface covered with close, concentric ridges; valves flexed to the right; left valve with an anterior 
cardinal and a faint, compressed one behind it; anterior lateral feeble, posterior one strong; right 
valve with two cardinals, the hinder bifid, two strong laterals and a nymph. Color white, buff, or 
pink, the umbonal region of the pink variety generally deeper-colored. 
Length, 30; height, 20; diameter, 7 mm. 
Mayaguez, Porto Rico, one broken valve. 
This species, which varies much in color, is better known by Lamarck’s name, T. brasiliana. 
Tellina martinicensis d’Orbigny. 
Tellina martinicensis d’Orbigny, Moll. Cubana, u, p.253, pi. xxvi, figs, 6, 8, 1845. 
Shell small, short, decidedly rhomboid, rather solid, subinflated, with high, sharp beaks, with a 
nearly straight, oblique truncation behind, the anterior end rounded, a little prolonged above; there 
is a sharp posterior ridge in each valve at, the edge of the truncation, and these ridges inclose a long, 
narrow escutcheon; from the beaks toward the center of the base the shell is much swollen; behind this 
it is flattened; the posterior basal point is somewhat biangulate; surface covered with rather widely 
spaced narrow ridges; white, not shining; left valve with two cardinals, the hinder higher and bifid, 
and two rather feebly developed laterals; right valve with two cardinals, the posterior widely bifid, 
and two laterals, all strongly developed. 
Length, 10; height, 8; diameter, 4 mm. 
San Juan Harbor; off Puerto Real, Porto Rico. 
Subgenus Angulus Megerle, 1811. 
Tellina sybaritica Dali. 
Tellina sybaritica Dali, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., IX, p. 134, 1881; Blake, Report. I, pi. vi, fig. 11. 1886. 
Shell small, somewhat elongated, subrhomboid, with a single rather sharply defined posterior 
ridge some distance below the edge, truncate above behind, a little rounded at base of truncation; 
beaks a little behind center; surface finely concentrically ridged; left valve with a feeble posterior 
and a strong bifid anterior cardinal and two moderate laterals; right valve with a strong posterior 
bifid cardinal and a smaller one in front, and two strong laterals. Color white or crimson. 
Length, 6.5; height, 3.5; diameter, 2 mm. 
Mayaguez; San Juan, Porto Rico. 
Tellina consobrina d’Orbigny. 
Tellina consobrina d’Orbigny, Moll. Cubana, it, p. 254, pi. xxvi, fig. 911, 1845. 
Shell oblong, thin, the upper and lower edges parallel, with a rounded posterior ridge, above 
which the outline is a low curve from the beak to the base; surface with faint, fine, and somewhat 
irregular concentric lines; smooth to the eye and shining, semitransparent, whitish or pink tinted, 
with two broad, faint, red rays behind and sometimes two fainter ones in front; left valve with two 
cardinals, laterals almost wanting; right valve with a bifid posterior cardinal and a smaller one in 
front, a strong anterior lateral and a fainter posterior one. 
Length, 15; height, 8; diameter, 4 mm. 
Mayaguez, Porto Rico, numerous valves. Probably a variety of T. versicolor Cozzens, 1843. 
