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IX. — Description of a New Species of Mollusca, of the 

 Genus Glauconome. 



By Temple Prime. 

 Eead April 3, 1805. 



Crlaiscoitouie oMonga, nov. sp. 

 Gl. testa elongata, oblonga, valde inasquilaterali ; latere antico brevi 



Glauconome oblonga. 



rotundato, postico obtuso ; epidermide rugosa, viridi-fusccscente induta ; 

 striis irregularibus ; valvis intus albis ; urabonibus obtusis, ssepins erosis ; 

 cardine angusto ; dentibus inaequalibus, divergentibus ; in valva dextra 

 dente postico bifido, in sinistra raediano bifido. 

 Long. 68 ; lat. 31 ; diam. 20 mill. 



Habitat. — Singapore. Collect. Cuming et Wheatley. 



The shell is elongated, oblong and very inequilateral. The 

 anterior side is rounded, and the posterior obtuse. The epider- 

 mis is brownish-green, uneven and without polish. The striae 

 are irregular and light. The beaks are obtuse and often eroded. 

 The hinge is narrow. The teeth are divergent. The posterior 

 tooth in the right valve, and the central tooth in the left valve, 

 are bifid. 



MAT, 1865. 9 Ank. Lto. Nat. Hist., Vol. VII L 



