Annals of the South African Museum: Annale Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse MuseumWest, Newman & Company for the trustees of the Museum, 1990 - Natural history |
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... Diagnosis Shell small to moderately large , subovate to pyriform , subtrigonal and subtrapezoidal . Typically with inner and marginal carina lacking , resulting in poor discrimination between the smooth escutcheon and area . The latter ...
... Diagnosis Shell small to moderately large , subovate to pyriform , subtrigonal and subtrapezoidal . Typically with inner and marginal carina lacking , resulting in poor discrimination between the smooth escutcheon and area . The latter ...
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... Diagnosis Shell medium sized , subtrapezoidal , with inconspicuous subterminal umbones and opisthogyrous beaks . Anterior margin weakly convex , posterodorsal margin almost straight and respiratory margin obliquely truncate . Escutcheon ...
... Diagnosis Shell medium sized , subtrapezoidal , with inconspicuous subterminal umbones and opisthogyrous beaks . Anterior margin weakly convex , posterodorsal margin almost straight and respiratory margin obliquely truncate . Escutcheon ...
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abbreviated according to chronology acute angle Aitken ANNALS antecarinal sulcus bicuspidata Gould Broad subtrigonal area Cape Town comprises coarse concentric costae curve strongly upwards described Haughton Diagnosis Shell escutcheon fastigiate roof-shaped flank costae Gastropoda GENUS OF RUTITRIGONIINAE Hoepen holotype Kobayashi krenkeli Lamarck Lange Later flank Leda LOWER CRETACEOUS APTIAN margin and obliquely marginal carina Megatrigonia middle growth stages Nakano namacolus nepionic stages noteworthy similarities Nucula obliquely truncate opisthogyrous beaks ornament comprises paratypes parentheses posterodorsal commissure punctuation reduction or enlargement references registration number respiratory margin ribbing Roman numerals RUTITRIGONIINAE BIVALVIA scientific name separate author's name shell is fastigiate Shell medium sized shouldered italics Smith South African Museum species straight posterodorsal margin strongly upwards posteriorly subconcentric subheadings are shouldered subterminal umbones subtrapezoidal Synonymy arrangement Syrotrigonia taxa Trigonia Rutitrigonia TRIGONIACEA umbonal ridge V-shaped costae ventral margin VOLUME 99 volume number Von Huene weakly ZULULAND Zulutrigonia gen Zulutrigonia pongolensis Rennie