. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF MARINE MOLLUSCA 121 Turton's (1932) sowerbyi could perhaps be synonymous, but has, according to Turton, only one protoconchal whorl. Re-examination of Turton's material might show whether any protoconchal whorls appear to have been worn away. I think, however, that soicerbyi is more likely to be only one of the varietal forms of fuscescens. The worn Cape St. Blaize example has lost the apical whorls, and only 8 remain (probably the 7th- 14th whorls); each whorl
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF MARINE MOLLUSCA 121 Turton's (1932) sowerbyi could perhaps be synonymous, but has, according to Turton, only one protoconchal whorl. Re-examination of Turton's material might show whether any protoconchal whorls appear to have been worn away. I think, however, that soicerbyi is more likely to be only one of the varietal forms of fuscescens. The worn Cape St. Blaize example has lost the apical whorls, and only 8 remain (probably the 7th- 14th whorls); each whorl has only 4 strong lirae, but the peripheral basal lira appears in the sutures, and if this be counted,. 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 Museum
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