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with two small teeth in one valve, one of them cloven ; in 
the other valve a single tooth. 
Dorset and Cornish coasts, and the west of Ireland: 
rare. v. m. 
26. Tellina bimaculata. Double-spotted Tcllen. 
Donovan , pi. 19. f. 1 — Wood , pi. 45. f. 6, 7— Dorset 
. Cat. pi. 5. f. 7* 
Shell somew*hat orbicular, a little produced and narrowed 
at one end, the other end very slightly angular, semitrans¬ 
parent, with fine irregular concentric strim : color white, 
with two oblong scarlet spots withinside, one on each side 
the hinge, which reach about half way to the front margin, 
and are generally visible in a fainter manner on the out¬ 
side : hinge with two strong central teeth, and large 
remote lateral ones : length half an inch ; breadth five- 
eighths. 
Variety A. Of an uniform deep purple color inside and 
out. 
Variety B. With chain-like rays of arrow-shaped purple 
spots, and without the red marks. 
On the Dorset coast : very rare. v. m. 
27* Tellina pisiformis. Pea Telleiu 
Cardium discors. Montagu , p. 84. 
Shell nearly globular, rounded, glossy white, with nu¬ 
merous very minute oblique transverse stria;, which on the 
anterior side are reflected upwards, and form an acute an¬ 
gle : beaks small, central, inclining a little to one side: 
inside glossy white, with the margin plain : hinge with a 
single plain tooth in one valve, locking between two in the 
other, one of which is very small ; the lateral ones remote 
and prominent: length five eighths of an inch; breadth a 
quarter. 
One dead specimen only has been found, by Montagu, in 
Falmouth harbour. 
28. Tellina divaricata. Arched Tcllen. 
Lister , pi. 301. f. 142. 
Cardium arcuatum. Montagu, pi. 3. f. 2. 
Shell orbicular, rather convex, very slightly flexuous on 
the 
