Annals of the South African Museum: Annale Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum, Volume 47 |
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Buff or pale fawn , or cream , without rays externally , or colouring internally . Up
to length 53 mm . ( Franca ) ; 28 x 28 x ( one valve ) 8 mm . Delagoa Bay ( Franca
) . Off Tugela River , 40 fathoms , one valve ; off Tongaat , 36 fathoms , 17 valves
...
Buff or pale fawn , or cream , without rays externally , or colouring internally . Up
to length 53 mm . ( Franca ) ; 28 x 28 x ( one valve ) 8 mm . Delagoa Bay ( Franca
) . Off Tugela River , 40 fathoms , one valve ; off Tongaat , 36 fathoms , 17 valves
...
Page 513
Drab , grey , brown , usually the hinder part darker brown both externally and
internally , but more strongly so internally . Up to 25 mm . ( Turton ) . Examples of
variation in shape : length 14 , alt . 13 , thickness ( valves together ) 9-5 mm . ,
and ...
Drab , grey , brown , usually the hinder part darker brown both externally and
internally , but more strongly so internally . Up to 25 mm . ( Turton ) . Examples of
variation in shape : length 14 , alt . 13 , thickness ( valves together ) 9-5 mm . ,
and ...
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continued over the ridge and extending a variable distance on the median part ,
often farther near the ventral margin than near the umbo . Margin internally
crenulate . White or cream , internally with an intense violet streak posteriorly .
Length ...
continued over the ridge and extending a variable distance on the median part ,
often farther near the ventral margin than near the umbo . Margin internally
crenulate . White or cream , internally with an intense violet streak posteriorly .
Length ...
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Algoa Bay aperture appears axial Bartsch base become brown Cape capensis central closely collected concentric cusp dead Delagoa Bay diam distinct Distribution Durban East London examples False Bay fathoms figure Fossil granules grooves growth-lines identified intermediaries internally Jaeckel Knysna Krauss larger lateral length less Linn living locality lower margin Martens material metres middle Muir narrow Natal nearly nodules oblique obtained outer P.F. coll pale peripheral Pleistocene Point Port Alfred Port Elizabeth posterior Postnatal whorls present probably Protoconch radial Radula recorded references Remarks ribs River Natal rows Schilder sculpture seems shape shell shows side slightly Smith smooth sometimes South African Museum Sowerby species specimens spiral lirae strong surface suture Table Bay teeth Thiele Tomlin Trifora Turton Type umbilicus upper usually valve Zululand