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spiral lirae , and thus the sculpture appears a little less distinctively cancellate
than in Thiele ' s figure . The smooth protoconch precludes the inclusion of this
species in Afritrophon . Trophon mioplectos n . sp . Fig . 44 ( a ) Protoconch i }
whorls ...
spiral lirae , and thus the sculpture appears a little less distinctively cancellate
than in Thiele ' s figure . The smooth protoconch precludes the inclusion of this
species in Afritrophon . Trophon mioplectos n . sp . Fig . 44 ( a ) Protoconch i }
whorls ...
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AFRITROPHON Tomlin 1947 . Tomlin . 3 . Conch . , xxii , p . 271 . Protoconch
bicingulate . Postnatal whorls with one or more strong spiral lirae ; axial ribs
present on ist postnatal whorl ; on following whorls either well developed or
obsolete .
AFRITROPHON Tomlin 1947 . Tomlin . 3 . Conch . , xxii , p . 271 . Protoconch
bicingulate . Postnatal whorls with one or more strong spiral lirae ; axial ribs
present on ist postnatal whorl ; on following whorls either well developed or
obsolete .
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... and axial ribs ; this is particularly noticeable on the 4th and the beginning of the
5th ( body ) whorl , producing a very strong clathrate sculpture with deep
intervening pits . The protoconch sometimes sits very prominently on the first
whorl .
... and axial ribs ; this is particularly noticeable on the 4th and the beginning of the
5th ( body ) whorl , producing a very strong clathrate sculpture with deep
intervening pits . The protoconch sometimes sits very prominently on the first
whorl .
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