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Columella pleats 4 ; outer lip plicate within . 40 x 15 mm . ( S. Afr . Mus . specimen
) . Chestnut - brown , with pale yellow or white peripheral band , and a second
band in middle of base and outer lip , base below this band somewhat yellowish .
Columella pleats 4 ; outer lip plicate within . 40 x 15 mm . ( S. Afr . Mus . specimen
) . Chestnut - brown , with pale yellow or white peripheral band , and a second
band in middle of base and outer lip , base below this band somewhat yellowish .
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Three specimens from Tongaat ( 30 miles north of Durban ) are also rather dark ,
the middle band darker than in typical optima . Ancilla contusa Rve . Figs . 15 ( 1 )
, 16 ( b ) 1864. Reeve . Conch . Icon . , pl . 9 , fig . 31 . 1897. Sowerby . Append ...
Three specimens from Tongaat ( 30 miles north of Durban ) are also rather dark ,
the middle band darker than in typical optima . Ancilla contusa Rve . Figs . 15 ( 1 )
, 16 ( b ) 1864. Reeve . Conch . Icon . , pl . 9 , fig . 31 . 1897. Sowerby . Append ...
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Periostracum forming a crinkled and scarious band below the suture , giving a
somewhat coronate or turreted appearance to the spire . The characteristic ( as
Sowerby said ; but see also splendidula Sow . ) dark brown band against ( below
) ...
Periostracum forming a crinkled and scarious band below the suture , giving a
somewhat coronate or turreted appearance to the spire . The characteristic ( as
Sowerby said ; but see also splendidula Sow . ) dark brown band against ( below
) ...
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| Title | Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 45 Annals of the South African Museum, South African Museum Volume 45 of Annals of the South African Museum: Annale Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum, South African Museum |
| Author | South African Museum |
| Publisher | South African Museum, 1960 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 9 Dec 2009 |
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