. East coast marine shells; descriptions of shore mollusks together with many living below tide mark, from Maine to Texas inclusive, especially Florida. Mollusks. Fig. 34c Tellina tenella Fig. 34d Tellina versicolor cast. The hinge teeth are more equal in size than In the preceding species. The largest specimen in a lot is 12 mm. long, 7 mm. high. '• Fig. 34c Southern Massachusetts to New York TELLINA VERSICOLOR Cozzens. The color is opalescent white, usually with rows of pink which widen toward the margin. Pal- lial line close to adductor muscle scar as shown in illustration. Length of large
. East coast marine shells; descriptions of shore mollusks together with many living below tide mark, from Maine to Texas inclusive, especially Florida. Mollusks. Fig. 34c Tellina tenella Fig. 34d Tellina versicolor cast. The hinge teeth are more equal in size than In the preceding species. The largest specimen in a lot is 12 mm. long, 7 mm. high. '• Fig. 34c Southern Massachusetts to New York TELLINA VERSICOLOR Cozzens. The color is opalescent white, usually with rows of pink which widen toward the margin. Pal- lial line close to adductor muscle scar as shown in illustration. Length of large ex- ample 14 mm., height 8 mm. Range 15-50 fathoms. The four drawings of these small Telllnas, together with a portion of the descriptions, are from a paper by C. W. Johnson (Nautilus XLV, p. 109). Fig. 34d Connecticut to West Indies SECTION SCISSULA Dall 1900 TELLINA SIMILIS Sowerby. Similar Tallin. Shell convex, glossy, white inside and out but rayed with pink; few concentric lines and minute oblique sculpture, replaced be- fore reaching the umbonal ridge by close striae; ventral edge somewhat straight; an- terior end the longer, rounded; ligament short; lateral teeth prominent. Length 20 mm. One of the most beautiful of the small Tellinas of Florida. Specimens not infrequently occur in lower Blscayne Bay. PI. 22, Fig. 8 Palm Beach County, Florida, to West Indies TELLINA CANDEANA Orbigny. Concentric lines fine, crossed by oblique striae which is most persistent toward the posterior end; anterior ridge not prominent; exterior glossy; cardinal tooth minute, lateral teeth feeble. Length 14 mm. PI. 11, Fig.' 11 Florida Keys; West Indies; Bermuda TELLINA IRIS Say. Shell fairly strong; white inside and out, yellow indistinct ray at umbones; front extremely rounded; posterior end short and wedge shaped. Length 12 mm. PI. 23, Fig. 15 North Carolina to Florida Keys GENUS MACOMA Leach 1819 Shell oval; hinge with small car- dinal teeth, no lateral teeth; ligament ex- ternal. MACOMA BA
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