Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 96The Museum, 1985 - Natural history |
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... VARIABILITY Great variability exists in the morphology of the shell . Despite claims by several workers that there is little morphological variability in the Cypraeidae , most organ systems vary considerably more than previously ...
... VARIABILITY Great variability exists in the morphology of the shell . Despite claims by several workers that there is little morphological variability in the Cypraeidae , most organ systems vary considerably more than previously ...
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... variability has been described for the mantle complex in the Cypraeidae . Schilder ( 1936 ) suggested that differences in elaboration of the osphradium and ctenidium might constitute a basis for the division of genera in the family ...
... variability has been described for the mantle complex in the Cypraeidae . Schilder ( 1936 ) suggested that differences in elaboration of the osphradium and ctenidium might constitute a basis for the division of genera in the family ...
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South African Museum. Variability and coloration The high degree of variability found in many sedentary organisms , such as octocorals , due to isolation of populations , lack of mobility and ephemeral larval stages , has been noted by ...
South African Museum. Variability and coloration The high degree of variability found in many sedentary organisms , such as octocorals , due to isolation of populations , lack of mobility and ephemeral larval stages , has been noted by ...
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abbreviations Aedeagus Age and distribution Agulhas Bank Alcyonium variabile ammonite Ancyloceras apex apical Aptian Bairdoppilata Barremian Barremian of western Bay borehole bicuspidata Brachycythere Campanian Cape Peninsula Cape Town Cenomanian Colchidites vulanensis Colophon Coniacian CPBA Cretaceous Cypraea Cypraeidae Cythereis Cytherelloidea described Dingle False Bay faunas female fuscorubra genera genus geol Gibberleberis Group habitat haughtoni Haughtonileberis Helicancylus Heteroceras holotype Indet iutsui J(c)-1 borehole K. H. Barnard Kakabadze 1971a labrum Lampanyctus lateral locality longicaudata Maastrichtian male mandibles mantle margin material Metalcyonium morphology Mtubatuba ornament ostracod outcrops paratypes patagonicum pondolandensis posterior pronotum range referred region ribs Richards Bay Río Mayer Rouchadzé 1933 samples Santonian sclerites shaft shell South African Museum south-east Africa specimens stations stokoei subfamily suckers SUID-AFRIKAANSE MUSEUM Swartberg Table taxa text-fig Thomson tibia Tonohamites Toxoceratoides tubercles Turonian Umzamba bed umzambaensis Upper Barremian variability Ventral process vulanensis australis western Georgia whorl section Zululand