. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE OF MARINE MOLLUSGA 75 a little stronger and more widely spaced on later whorls. Parietal callus present; columella with 3 pleats, but posterior one feeble and obscure in large specimens. Canal long, narrow, sigmoid; outer lip thin, not plicate internally. Periostracum thin. 132 X 51 mm. Operculum 35 X 19 mm. in 132 mm. shell. White with pale yellowish brown periostracum, operculum dark brown. Radula with 230-250 rows, usually an accessory denticle externally on both si
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE OF MARINE MOLLUSGA 75 a little stronger and more widely spaced on later whorls. Parietal callus present; columella with 3 pleats, but posterior one feeble and obscure in large specimens. Canal long, narrow, sigmoid; outer lip thin, not plicate internally. Periostracum thin. 132 X 51 mm. Operculum 35 X 19 mm. in 132 mm. shell. White with pale yellowish brown periostracum, operculum dark brown. Radula with 230-250 rows, usually an accessory denticle externally on both sides on the central plate; lateral plate with 8 cusps in juv. (figured by Sowerby), in adult 13 on one side and 14 on the other (2 specimens), or 15 and 16 resp. (one specimen) (excluding the tiny internal denticle).. Fig. 18. (a) Fasciolaria rutila Watson, protoconchs of two shells. (b) F. lugubris Rve., two views of protoconch extracted from (c) egg-capsule, (d) F. heynemanni Dnkr., protoconch. Living: 350 4' S. 180 37'E., 150 fathoms (Watson); 33°4i'S. 180 E., 178 metres (von Martens); off Gape Peninsula, 154 fathoms (Sowerby: juv.); off Gape Point, 85-145 fathoms (S. Afr. Mus. coll.); 330 11' S. 170 57' E., 77 metres; 31 ° 39' S. 160 55' E., 287 metres ( Africana); ? off Umhloti River (Natal), 40 fathoms (Sowerby). Dead ? St. Sebastian Bay, 40 fathoms (Odhner); off Gape St. Francis (Tomlin, coll. Burnup). Remarks. The Burnup shell recorded by Tomlin was 5 J in. (133 mm.) long. The Pieter Fame obtained only one shell off the Natal coast (if the label was correct); all the others were from off the Gape Point. The Africana has shown that the distribution extends to 310 S. on the west coast. The large Natal. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museu
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