CONCHIFEEA. 47? 



t)istrihution, 30 species. United States, France, Eed Sea, 

 India, New Zealand, Pacific, West America (Sitka — Peru). 

 Burrows in limestone and mud. 



Fossil, 20 species. Eocene — . United States, Europe* 



Glatjcomya (Bronn), Gray^ 



Synonym, GlauConome, Gt&j, 1829 (not Goldfuss, 1826). 



Type, G. Sinensis, PI. XX., Eig. 18. {Olaucos, sea-green,- 

 my a, mussel.) 



Shell oblong, thin ; epidermis dark, greenish. ; ligament ex- 

 ternal ; hinge with. 3 teeth in each valve, one of them bifid ; 

 pallial sinus very deep and angular. 



Animal with a rather small, linguiform foot ; pedal opening 

 moderate ; siphons very long, united, projecting far into the 

 branchial cavity when retracted, their ends separate and diverg- 

 ing; palpi large, sickle-shaped; gills long, rounded in front, 

 the outer shortest. 



Sub-genus. Tarysiphon, Benson. Differs from Glaucomya 

 in having the siph ms united up to the end. 



Distribution, 12 species. Embouchures of rivers; China, 

 Philippines, Borneo, India. 



Fossil, 2 species. Tertiary. Europe. 



Eamily Xy. — ^Macteid^. 



Shell equivalve, trigonal, close, or slightly gaping ; ligament 

 (cartilage) internal, sometimes external, contained in a deep 

 triangular pit ; epidermis thick ; hinge with 2 diverging car- 

 dinal teeth, and usually with anterior and posterior laterals ; 

 pallial sinus short, rounded. 



Animal with the mantle more or less open in front ; siphonal 

 tubes united, orifices fringed ; foot compressed ; gills not pro- 

 longed into the branchial siphon. 



Sections of the shell exhibit an indistinct cellular layer on the 

 external surface and a distinct layer of elongated shell. (Car- 

 penter.) 



Mactra, L. 



Etymology, madra, a kneading trough. 



Synonyms, Trigonella, Da Costa (not L.), Schizodesnia 

 (Spengleri), Spisula (solida), Mulinia (lateralis). Gray. 

 Tijpe, M. stultorum, PI. XXL, Fig. 1. 

 Shell nearly equilateral ; anterior hinge-tooth A-shaped, with 



