Annals of the South African Museum: Annale Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum, Volume 47South African Museum, 1963 - Natural history |
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... spiral cords ' as distinct species . If the shell is not too much worn the whorls are finely spirally lirate ( insignis ) , though as a rule the lirae ... lirae . Examples of the latter are not common , and are usually broad ; but shells with ...
... spiral cords ' as distinct species . If the shell is not too much worn the whorls are finely spirally lirate ( insignis ) , though as a rule the lirae ... lirae . Examples of the latter are not common , and are usually broad ; but shells with ...
Page 241
... spiral lirae were originally more numerous and stronger ( cf. the Fisheries Survey specimen ) ; 4th and 5th whorls with numerous close - set fine spiral lirae ; base with similar fine lirae and stronger ones within the widely open ...
... spiral lirae were originally more numerous and stronger ( cf. the Fisheries Survey specimen ) ; 4th and 5th whorls with numerous close - set fine spiral lirae ; base with similar fine lirae and stronger ones within the widely open ...
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... lirae 4 on 2nd and 3rd whorls , 5 or 6 on 4th , and 8-9 on last half - whorl . Upper part of base with 6-7 fine ... Spiral lirae obscure on 1st whorl , 4-5 on 2nd , 7 on 3rd with one or two fine intermediaries develop- ing towards end of ...
... lirae 4 on 2nd and 3rd whorls , 5 or 6 on 4th , and 8-9 on last half - whorl . Upper part of base with 6-7 fine ... Spiral lirae obscure on 1st whorl , 4-5 on 2nd , 7 on 3rd with one or two fine intermediaries develop- ing towards end of ...
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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