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 ...
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... 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 Agulhas Amphipoda Annals anteriorly apelex Arrisdrift authors Avontuur Barnard body whorl brachial valve brachiopods canines Cape Province Cape Town Carrington & Kensley Ciconia Ciconiidae coast columella comma convex cusp deposits depth Description Diaphus distal distribution dorsal dune Elandsfontein fauna figures fossil Gastropoda genus Geronticus Gnathopod hauls Hendey high sea-level Holotype Hondeklip Zone Hottentot Hulley interior Khoikhoi Koingnaas Kolpochoerus Lampanyctodes hectoris Lampanyctus Langebaanweg lanternfish Lemboides length limnetes lirae mandible margin material mesopelagic Miocene Mollusca Myctophidae Myctophum Nafpaktitis nigrescens Ocean outer lip paiceae paper paratypes parentheses pedicle pedicle valve photophore plates Pliocene posterior recorded references ribs Saldanha Saldanha Bay scientific name sclerites shell Skurwerug Smith socket ridges South African Museum southern Africa southern Benguela region SP SPP species specific name specimens spiral stork SUID-AFRIKAANSE MUSEUM Synonymy Table Tankard tarsometatarsus Tertiary tooth Triphoturus upper Uropod USNM ventral width Xenobrochus