History of British animals - University of Guam Marine Laboratory

Tellina. MOLLUSCA. DONACID.E. 435479. T. llncata.— Shell oval, with crowded transverse striae,one valve double toothed, one of the teeth cloven, with a lateralone on each side, the other valve with a single cloven tooth andno lateral ones.Turt. Biv. Brit. 99. t. vii. f. 1— Teignmouth Bay.Length fths, breadth |ths of an inch; white, with a pale and longitudinalstripe from the beaks to the oral extremity ; thin, semitransparent, with numerousfine transverse striae, strongestal the extremities.480. T. punkea.— Oval, oblong, with transverse stria?, andminute longitudinalones ;one valve double toothed, with asingle lateral one, the other with a single primary and lateraltooth.Turt. Lin. Trans, iv. 194—T. laeta, Pult. Dorset. 29. Mont. Test. Brit57 T. inaequistriata, Don. Brit. Shells, t. cxxiii—T. punicea, TurLBiv. Brit. 100.— South coast of England and Dunbar, rare.Length three-quarters of an inch, breadth upwards of an inch; variouslytinged with pink the concentric striae are ; regular and strong; one of theprimary teeth bifid, the lateral one contiguous, broad and oblique.—481. T.Jabula.— Shell oval, contracted retrally; the leftvalve obliquelystriated.Turt. Linn. iv. 194 Don. 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 iridescent; concentrically striated irregularlya ; single tooth in the right valve,with a minute adjacentdenticle ; two teeth in the left, and a rounded lateralone.482. T. simil'is.— Shell oval, with both valves obliquelystriated.Sower. Brit. Misc. t. lxxv.— Turt. Biv. Brit. 102—Southern shores ofEngland.This shell is not so broad as the preceding, being broader and more abbreviatedretrally ; the oblique striae are finer and more remote, and there is alateral tooth in each margin.— 483. T. donaclna. — Shell oval, transversely striate, very obtuseanteally; in one valve two teeth, and a lateral one on eachside ;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, withred, often interrupted, longitudinal rays ; hinge with a single cloven tooth inone 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. bimaculata. — Oval-triangular, slightlystriate transversely,a little angular retrallyin one valve two ; teeth, andlateral ones ;in the other a single tooth, and lateral ones.T. lata, List. Conch, t. ccclxxxv—T. bim. Linn. [Syst. 1120—Don. Brit-Shells, t. xix. f. 1 Mont. Test. Brit. 69— Turt, Biv. Brit. 103. t. viii.f. 5.e e 2