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heart-shaped depression under the beaks, causing them to 
he prominent pointed and curved. 
Mr. Rackett’s figure is evidently the T. rotundata. 
On the western coasts, v. m . 
23. Tellina flexuosa. Crooked Tellen. 
food, pi. 47. f. 7 and 8 . 
Venus sinuosa. Donovan , pi. 42. f. 2. 
Shell nearly orbicular, convex, thin, brittle, white, trans¬ 
put, finely but irregularly striate concentrically : from 
ui hinge at the anterior side runs a longitudinal furrow 
vhich forms a flexure at the margin, and a projecting angle 
hlfway up the side: under the beak, on the opposite side 
.:this tlexure, is a heart-shaped depression : hinge with 
n obsolete tooth only : diameter three-eighths of an inch. 
Western coasts, and Dublin bay. v. v. 
* 2-1. Tellina solidula. Solid Tellen. 
Lrsltfr, pi. 405. f. 250 —Pennant , pi. 52. f. 2 —Da Costa, 
pi 12. f. 4— Wood, pi. 46. f. 2— Dorset Cat. pi. S. f. 4. 
Shell somewhat orbicular, a little flattened, thick, finely 
striate and irregularly wrinkled transversely; one end a 
Reproduced and rounded, the other slightly truncate 
md somewhat angular : color dull reddish-white, with ge¬ 
nerally concentric bands of red yellow or whitish 5 inside 
smooth, red, yellow, or white of various hues, and usually 
[hdeepertinton the outside: beaks nearly central 5 hinge 
r.thtwo small teeth in each valve : length three-quarters 
d an inch ; breadth rather more. 
Variety. Quite white. Pennant , pi. 52. f. 2. A. 
4 On most shores, in clay. v. v. 
25. Tellina carnaria. Carnation Tellen. 
Lister, pi. 33.9. f. 176— Donovan, pi. 47— Wood , pi. 40. 
f.4 r 5— Dorset Cat. pi. 5. f. 6 . 
Shell somewhat orbicular, a little produced on one side, 
fiithsh, white with more or less of a rosy tinge, marked 
with numerous fine longitudinal oblique striae, which are 
reflected at one side and undulate at the other, and crossed 
by a few concentric wrinkles ; inside smooth, glossy, ge¬ 
nerally fine rose-color: beaks not quite central: hinge 
