Annals of the South African Museum: Annale Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum, Volume 47South African Museum, 1963 - Natural history |
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Page 254
... less slightly indented at sutures , periphery more or less angulate . Spiral granulate lirae 3 on 1st whorl , 3-4 on 2nd , 4–5 on 3rd , 5-6 on 4th , increasing to 15-18 on last whorl ( Bartsch's Type has a worn apex : his ' Ist ' whorl ...
... less slightly indented at sutures , periphery more or less angulate . Spiral granulate lirae 3 on 1st whorl , 3-4 on 2nd , 4–5 on 3rd , 5-6 on 4th , increasing to 15-18 on last whorl ( Bartsch's Type has a worn apex : his ' Ist ' whorl ...
Page 419
... less strongly convex , with at about 40 mm . length a wide and shallow indent , or a sharply marked notch , anterior and posterior to which the margin is more or less lobate . In later stages of growth the dorsal margin ( beyond the ...
... less strongly convex , with at about 40 mm . length a wide and shallow indent , or a sharply marked notch , anterior and posterior to which the margin is more or less lobate . In later stages of growth the dorsal margin ( beyond the ...
Page 424
... less lamellose , closer together , and much less con- spicuous . Squamae may be strongly or feebly developed , but the lateral parts are always more strongly or more profusely squamose . Colour variable , pale pink , deep red , orange ...
... less lamellose , closer together , and much less con- spicuous . Squamae may be strongly or feebly developed , but the lateral parts are always more strongly or more profusely squamose . Colour variable , pale pink , deep red , orange ...
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1st whorl 27 fathoms 2nd whorl 3rd whorl 40 fathoms 4th whorl 80 metres agulhasensis alfredensis Algoa Bay aperture apical Braga Cape Morgan Cape Natal Cape Point capensis central plate columella cusp dead Delagoa Bay diam dorsal Durban East London False Bay figure Fossil Gmelin granules grooves growth-lines Inhambane intermediaries Jaeckel juvenile Krauss Krss Lamy last whorl lateral plate left valve length Linn lirae living Macnae & Kalk marginal plates Martens Mossel Bay Muir n.sp natalensis nodules oblique operculum outer lip P.F. coll periostracum peripheral Pieter Faure Pleistocene pliculae Port Alfred Port Alfred Bartsch Port Elizabeth Port Elizabeth Sowerby posterior Postnatal whorls Protoconch radial Radula Remarks riblets right valve River Natal Saldanha Bay Schilder sculpture shell slightly Smith smooth South African Museum Sowerby Sowerby's species specimens spiral lirae striae suture Table Bay Thiele Tomlin Tugela River Turton umbilicus umbo worn Zululand