Taken from the Tellina, which it much resembles in form, but from which
it differs by not having the irregular plait on the anterior part.
Shell ovate, transverse, slightly gaping; summits projecting; hinge
formed by two teeth on one valve, and only one inserted on the other.
Psammobia virgata.
P. Ferroensis.
P. vespertina.
P. florida.
P. muculosa.
P. cærulescens.
P. elongata.
P. flavicans.
P. squamosa.
P. alba.
P. Cayennensis.
P. lævigata.
P. tellinella.
P. pulchella.
P. aurantia.
P. fragilis.
P. livida.
P. Galathea.
_P. virgata._ The striped Psammobia. Pl. 7, fig. 1.
Species rather gaping, striated longitudinally, the teeth of the hinge
considerably effaced.
_P. Ferroensis._ The Ferro Psammobia.
Oblong oval; white, radiated with crimson; finely striated transversely;
valves obliquely truncated.