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Page 137
The valves are flattened and compressed , having very slight convexity . The
umbonal region is not ... The upper valve - margin , posteriorly to the umbo ,
slopes down gradually , giving a very slightly concave outline . It has an angular
junction ...
The valves are flattened and compressed , having very slight convexity . The
umbonal region is not ... The upper valve - margin , posteriorly to the umbo ,
slopes down gradually , giving a very slightly concave outline . It has an angular
junction ...
Page 173
In form and outline and in the shape of the aperture great resemblance is shown
to the shell from the Stramberg beds figured by Zittel * as Natica ( Ampullina )
elegans Sow .; this differs , however , by the slightly less overlap of the whorls
and ...
In form and outline and in the shape of the aperture great resemblance is shown
to the shell from the Stramberg beds figured by Zittel * as Natica ( Ampullina )
elegans Sow .; this differs , however , by the slightly less overlap of the whorls
and ...
Page 215
Their truncated posterior borders are slightly sinuous - being projected
backwardly just below the articular socket , and having a slightly excavated
outline below this . The posterior borders bear minute marginal denticles , and
they form a ...
Their truncated posterior borders are slightly sinuous - being projected
backwardly just below the articular socket , and having a slightly excavated
outline below this . The posterior borders bear minute marginal denticles , and
they form a ...
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ExogyRA | 25 |
extoni Cleithrolepis S Woodward 264 | 31 |
baini Mytilus Sharpe | 33 |
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