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ground , but these more often visible in dead and worn specimens than living ;
periostracum brown ; aperture violaceous or purplish - brown , operculum dark
brown . Also , flames appear to be more frequently developed in some localities e
. g ...
ground , but these more often visible in dead and worn specimens than living ;
periostracum brown ; aperture violaceous or purplish - brown , operculum dark
brown . Also , flames appear to be more frequently developed in some localities e
. g ...
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Natal ( Smith ) ; Port Alfred ( Turton ) . Living : Durban and Scottburgh ( S . Afr .
Mus . coll . Burnup ) . Pyrene langleyi ( Sow . ) 1897 . Sowerby . Append . Mar .
Sh . S . Afr . , p . 10 , pl . 8 , figs . 8 , 9 ( Columbella l . ) . Protoconch 2 whorls , alt .
o .
Natal ( Smith ) ; Port Alfred ( Turton ) . Living : Durban and Scottburgh ( S . Afr .
Mus . coll . Burnup ) . Pyrene langleyi ( Sow . ) 1897 . Sowerby . Append . Mar .
Sh . S . Afr . , p . 10 , pl . 8 , figs . 8 , 9 ( Columbella l . ) . Protoconch 2 whorls , alt .
o .
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R . M . Lightfoot of the South African Museum found several dead specimens at
Kalk Bay , but the species has not been found living in False Bay by U . C . T .
There are no specimens in the Muir collection from Still Bay . Pyrene atrata (
Gould ) ...
R . M . Lightfoot of the South African Museum found several dead specimens at
Kalk Bay , but the species has not been found living in False Bay by U . C . T .
There are no specimens in the Muir collection from Still Bay . Pyrene atrata (
Gould ) ...
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