Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 97South African Museum, 1985 - Natual history |
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Page 137
... shell was partially filled with sediment . Description Small shell with elongately oval pedicle valve and almost circular brachial valve ; both valves gently and evenly convex , anterior commissure rectimarginate . Ventral beak quite ...
... shell was partially filled with sediment . Description Small shell with elongately oval pedicle valve and almost circular brachial valve ; both valves gently and evenly convex , anterior commissure rectimarginate . Ventral beak quite ...
Page 149
... shell , Koingnaas KN - 1 . Previous records Langebaanweg , Pliocene . Remarks Several large abalone specimens have been seen in situ at Avontuur , but the shell material is usually so fragile and friable as to make recovery almost ...
... shell , Koingnaas KN - 1 . Previous records Langebaanweg , Pliocene . Remarks Several large abalone specimens have been seen in situ at Avontuur , but the shell material is usually so fragile and friable as to make recovery almost ...
Page 156
... Shell margin finely and evenly serrate . Large shells often with several oval juvenile scars , up to nine per shell ; scars usually 4-10 mm greatest diameter . Some shells bearing dark - brown radiating bands separated by narrow pale ...
... Shell margin finely and evenly serrate . Large shells often with several oval juvenile scars , up to nine per shell ; scars usually 4-10 mm greatest diameter . Some shells bearing dark - brown radiating bands separated by narrow pale ...
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