Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 47, Issues 1-2The Museum, 1963 - Natural history |
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Page 56
... Striae visible at both extremities , and in some cases on the columella , where , however , they are usually covered by the columellar glaze ; possibly in unworn shells the striae extend over whole shell . Pink or purplish - pink , with ...
... Striae visible at both extremities , and in some cases on the columella , where , however , they are usually covered by the columellar glaze ; possibly in unworn shells the striae extend over whole shell . Pink or purplish - pink , with ...
Page 136
... striae ; 6-7 additional striae on base . 6.5 × 3 mm . Biscuit - colour , translucent when fresh , usually with wavy red- or orange- brown axial lines . Beach specimens sometimes stained buff , grey , or chestnut- brown ; one specimen ...
... striae ; 6-7 additional striae on base . 6.5 × 3 mm . Biscuit - colour , translucent when fresh , usually with wavy red- or orange- brown axial lines . Beach specimens sometimes stained buff , grey , or chestnut- brown ; one specimen ...
Page 265
... striae . Base with 3-4 spiral lirae on upper part , followed by one which forms a slight angulation marking the slope leading into the narrow and deep umbilicus , 5-6 striae on the slope . Growth - lines extremely fine . Aperture ...
... striae . Base with 3-4 spiral lirae on upper part , followed by one which forms a slight angulation marking the slope leading into the narrow and deep umbilicus , 5-6 striae on the slope . Growth - lines extremely fine . Aperture ...
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1st postnatal whorl 1st whorl 2nd whorl 3rd whorl 40 fathoms 4th whorl alfredensis Algoa Bay aperture apex apical Ashby axial pliculae axial ribs basal lira base Bayer Cape Morgan Cape Natal Cape Point capensis central plate columella cusp Cypraea dead Delagoa Bay denticles diam Durban early whorls False Bay figure Fossil Gmelin granules grooves growth-lines intermediaries juvenile keel Knysna Krauss Krss last whorl later whorls lateral plate Linn living main lirae marginal plates Martens median Mossel Bay Muir n.sp natalensis nodules nodulose operculum outer lip P.F. coll periostracum peripheral lira Pieter Faure Port Alfred Port Alfred Bartsch Port Elizabeth Port Elizabeth Sowerby Protoconch Protoconch nucleus Radula recorded Remarks River Natal rows SAN DIEGO Schilder & Schilder sculpture shell slightly Smith smooth Solariella South African Museum Sowerby species spiral lirae suture Table Bay Thiele Thiele's Tomlin Tongaat Turton umbilicus worn Zululand