202 BIVALVE SHELLS. 



cover the siphous and mantle as in Myadcc and Solenidce. It 

 diifers from Solenid<£ in having more teeth in the hinge, and in 

 the teeth being diiferently disposed. — Gray. 



Genus 1. GLAUCONOME, 

 (Charaeter same as of family.) 



Solen (sp.), Linn. (1767) Syst. Nat. ed. 12. p. 1107. no. 43. 



Wood (1814), Gen. Conch. p. 132. no. 21. 

 Glauconome, Gray (1826), Spic. Zool. p.7 (animal); (1829) Zool. 

 Journ. iv. 497. 



Sow. (1835) Gen.ofShells, ^0.42', {]S39) Zool. ofBeechey^s 

 Voy. p. 153. 



Reeve (1841), Conch. Syst. i. 48; (1845), Conch. Icon. 



Deless. (1841) Rec. de Coq. pl. 19. f. 5. 



Swains. (1840) Malac. p. 3Qi^. 



Sow.jun. (1842) Conch. Man. p. 153. 



Hanley (1843), Descr. Cat. p. 17. 

 Glauconomya, Bronn (1838), Leth. Geogn. p. 807. 



Potiez 6f Mich. (1844) Gal. de Douai, ii. 193. 

 Cytherea (sp.), Cuv. Sf Brongn. (1811) Geog. Min. des Env. de 

 Paris, pl. 2 ; (1822) Geol. des Env. de Paris, ed. 2. pl. 8. 



1. Glauconome virens. 



G. testa cylindraceo-oblonga, tenui, antice rotundata, latere pos- 

 tico subacuminato, vix angulato. 



Solen virens, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. p. 1105. no. 43. 



Schrbt. Einl. ii. 633. no. 11. 



Gmel. p. 3226. no. 12. 



Wood, Gen. Conch. p. 132. no, 21. 



Dillw. Cat.i. 70. no. 31. 

 Glauconome virens, Hanley, Descr. Cat. p. 17. 



Reeve, Conch. Icon. pl. 1. f. 9. 



Catlow, Conch. Nom. p. 7- no. 9. 



Hab. ? 



2. Glauconome chinensis. B.M. 



G. testa ovato-oblonga, subventricosa, tenui, postice obtusa, an- 

 tice angulata, in utraque valva tridentata, epidermide fusco- 

 vu-escente ; intus alba. 

 Glauconome chinensis, Deless. Rec. de Coq. pl. \9. f. 5 a, b. 

 Hanley, Descr. Cat. p. 17- 



Reeve, Conch. Syst. i. pl. 31 ; Conch. Icon. pl. 1. f. 1. 

 Sow. Gen. of Shells, no. 42. f. 1, 2 ; Zool. of Beechey's Voy. 

 p. 153; Conch. Man. p. 153. f. 64. 



