A Manual of Conchology / According to the System Laid Down by Lamarck, with the Late Improvements by De Blainville. Exemplified and Arranged for the Use of Students.

by Thomas Wyatt

T. ostracea.

T. radiata. The radiated Tellen. Pl. [8], fig. 5.

Shell elongated; posterior side shorter and more narrow than the anterior.

T. foliacea. The foliaceous Tellen.

Species transversely oblong; upon the edge of the front side of either valve are rows of serrated teeth, running from the apex to the margin.

T. bimaculata. The double-spotted Tellen.

Species orbicular, easily known by answering to its common name.

T. fabula. The false Tellen.

Shell very thin, pellucid, and oval; yellowish colour, darker towards the umbo, which is nearly central, pointed and turned a little to one side; anterior side slopes to an obtuse point; posterior side large and rounded; hinge with three teeth in one valve and two in the other.

T. scobinata. The rasp Tellen.