Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 45The Museum, 1959 - Natural history |
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Page 278
... elytra cover the body except for the last two segments . Individual elytra ( fig . 1k ) are large and oval and so thin that the edges tend to crumple . The colour is generally pale but there is a faint speckling or network of brown ...
... elytra cover the body except for the last two segments . Individual elytra ( fig . 1k ) are large and oval and so thin that the edges tend to crumple . The colour is generally pale but there is a faint speckling or network of brown ...
Page 284
... elytra originally present cannot now be determined but one posterior fragment shows 8 posterior segments without elytra scars . The loose elytra are oval , one half brown and one half white . The pale half has a triangular patch of ...
... elytra originally present cannot now be determined but one posterior fragment shows 8 posterior segments without elytra scars . The loose elytra are oval , one half brown and one half white . The pale half has a triangular patch of ...
Page 285
... elytra . He separates L. affinis from L. elegans as described by Potts on the relative size of the elytra and minor differences in the disposition of the setae . I feel , however , that Potts's description was too brief and that further ...
... elytra . He separates L. affinis from L. elegans as described by Potts on the relative size of the elytra and minor differences in the disposition of the setae . I feel , however , that Potts's description was too brief and that further ...
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1st whorl 2nd whorl 3rd whorl 4th whorl additional lirae antennae anteriorly aperture apex axial ribs Bartsch body whorl brown Buccal surface callus camelopardalis Cape Cape Natal capensis central pit central plate cingulum cirri cirrus columella Conch cusps denticles diam distal dorsal cirri Durban elytra enamel False Bay fathoms Fauvel Giraffa groove Holotype Hopefield horn-core hypocone juveniles knobs last whorl later whorls lateral plate length lingual surface M₁ mandible Martens median mesostyle metres molar Museum Natal Occlusal surface Olduvai Operculum outer lip P.F. coll pale parapodium parietal callus periostracum plicate Port Alfred posterior pillar Postnatal whorls Proc prostomium protoconch Protoconch 2 whorls radula Records root rows rugose segments setae setiger setigerous lobe shell Sivatherium slightly Smith smooth South African Sowerby species specimens spiral lirae spiral striae spire suture talonid teeth Thiele Tiefsee Exp Tomlin tooth Turton upper Zool Zoology