Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 97South African Museum, 1985 - Natual history |
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... Shell margin finely and evenly serrate . Large shells often with several oval juvenile scars , up to nine per shell ... Description Shell top - shaped , of at least 4 postnatal whorls . Whorl profile straight to barely convex . Sculpture ...
... Shell margin finely and evenly serrate . Large shells often with several oval juvenile scars , up to nine per shell ... Description Shell top - shaped , of at least 4 postnatal whorls . Whorl profile straight to barely convex . Sculpture ...
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... Description Shell high - spired , very slightly dorso - ventrally compressed , with at least 5 postnatal whorls bearing a total of about 6 varices , latter not continuous from whorl to whorl . Profile of whorls evenly convex . Shell ...
... Description Shell high - spired , very slightly dorso - ventrally compressed , with at least 5 postnatal whorls bearing a total of about 6 varices , latter not continuous from whorl to whorl . Profile of whorls evenly convex . Shell ...
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... Description Shell robust , thick , oblong , anterior margin rounded , ventral margin flattened , posterior margin more pointed than anterior . External sculpture consisting of 27 radiating ribs , becoming broadly flattened near ventral ...
... Description Shell robust , thick , oblong , anterior margin rounded , ventral margin flattened , posterior margin more pointed than anterior . External sculpture consisting of 27 radiating ribs , becoming broadly flattened near ventral ...
Contents
The Elandsfontein material | 31 |
The Zululand specimen | 39 |
Acknowledgements | 53 |
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50 m Complex abbreviations Annals anteriorly apelex author's name Avontuur Barnard Benguela body whorl brachial valve brachiopods calvus canines Cape Province Cape Town Carrington & Kensley Ciconia coast columella Concholepas conjoined valves crura cusp deltidial plates deposits depth described Description Shell Diaphus distal dorsal dune early Pleistocene Elandsfontein elongate fauna figures fossil Gastropoda genus Geronticus Gnathopod Haughton Hendey high sea-level hinge Holotype Hondeklip Zone Hottentot Hulley italics Kilburn Lampanyctus Langebaanweg lanternfishes length limnetes loop mandible margin material Megerlia mexicanus Mollusca Myctophidae Myctophum Nafpaktitis nigrescens Ocean outer lip paratypes parentheses pedicle pedicle valve photophore Pliocene posterior postnatal whorls present recorded references region ribs rounded Saldanha Bay scientific name sclerites sculpture separates Skurwerug slightly Smith socket ridges South African Museum species specific name specimens spiral lirae subheadings Synonymy Table Tankard tooth Triphoturus upper USNM valve interior ventral views of conjoined width Xenobrochus