Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 110The Museum, 2003 - Natural history |
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The presacral ribs are poorly known . BMNH R3592 includes one fairly complete cervical rib ( Fig . 28A ) and some additional fragments . The shaft of the cervical rib is short , laterally compressed but slightly concavo - convex ...
The presacral ribs are poorly known . BMNH R3592 includes one fairly complete cervical rib ( Fig . 28A ) and some additional fragments . The shaft of the cervical rib is short , laterally compressed but slightly concavo - convex ...
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Ornament comprises primary ribs that begin at the umbilical seam and pass backwards to the umbilical shoulder where they terminate in about 20 small but distinct umbilical bullae per whorl . These , in turn , give rise singly or in ...
Ornament comprises primary ribs that begin at the umbilical seam and pass backwards to the umbilical shoulder where they terminate in about 20 small but distinct umbilical bullae per whorl . These , in turn , give rise singly or in ...
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18 mm , spinose siphonal tubercles appear in the umbilical suture , either from single or from paired ribs their tips ... Distinct but small tubercles also occur on the inner abapical edge of the third whorl ; here rib density has ...
18 mm , spinose siphonal tubercles appear in the umbilical suture , either from single or from paired ribs their tips ... Distinct but small tubercles also occur on the inner abapical edge of the third whorl ; here rib density has ...
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