Lessons On Shells As Given to Children Between the Ages of Eight And Ten in a
Lessons On Shells As Given to Children Between the Ages of Eight And Ten in a
Elizabeth Mayo
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The mantle of the animal is formed in the front into two siphons ; the foot which it thrusts out of its shell when desiring to change its position, is generally flat, but sometimes it is straight and lengthened into a kind of leg. * Bifid, cleft in two, from the Latin bis twice, and fid t, I have cleft. TELL1NA TELLEN. 159 TELLINA Lingua Felis* CAT'S TONGUE TELLEN. Specific Character. Shell suboval, thickish, somewhat angular at the anterior end, rough, covered with pointed, rather arched erect... scales, disposed in a quincunx f order ; colour white, often with pale pink rays, and the umbones of a fine pink ; length about an inch and quarter, breadth about an inch and three quarters. It inhabits the Indian Ocean. TELLINA Radiata. RADIATED TELLEN. Specific Character. Shell ovate oblong, re- flected at the anterior end, striated transversely, highly polished ; colour sometimes wholly white, more commonly white with red rays, or yellow transverse bands ; the hinge is not central, it has two small teeth in one valve, and one in the other, and the lateral teeth are remote ; it is about an inch, or an inch and half long, and more than twice as broad.
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