. Australasian fossils, a students' manual of palaeontology. Paleontology. 188 AUSTRALASIAN FOSSILS. Pleistocene Bivalves.— The bivalved shells of the Pleistocene are similar to those now found living round the Australian coast, as Pecten asperrimus, Mytilus latus, Leda crass®, Soletellina biradiata and Spisula parva. Pleistocene shells of bivalved genera occur in the coastal hills of Papua, including the following:—Cul- tellus, Corbula, Mactra, Tellina, Venus iCkione), Dione, Dosinea, Leda and Area. The SCAPHOPODS ("digger foot") or the "Ele- plant-tusk shells" are adapted
. Australasian fossils, a students' manual of palaeontology. Paleontology. 188 AUSTRALASIAN FOSSILS. Pleistocene Bivalves.— The bivalved shells of the Pleistocene are similar to those now found living round the Australian coast, as Pecten asperrimus, Mytilus latus, Leda crass®, Soletellina biradiata and Spisula parva. Pleistocene shells of bivalved genera occur in the coastal hills of Papua, including the following:—Cul- tellus, Corbula, Mactra, Tellina, Venus iCkione), Dione, Dosinea, Leda and Area. The SCAPHOPODS ("digger foot") or the "Ele- plant-tusk shells" are adapted, by their well- developed foot, to burrow into the mud and sand. rig. 97-FOSSIL SCAPHOPODS and A —Deutalium huttoiii, Bather. Jurassic. New Zealand B—Dentalium mantelli, Zittel. Cainozoic. Victoria C—Chelodes calceoloides, Kth. fil. Silurian. New South Wales D-Ischnochiton granulosus, Ashby and Torr sp. Cainozoic (Bale). Victoria K—Cryptoplax pritchardi, Hall. Cainozoic (Kalimnan). Victoria. 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 Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945. Melbourne, London [etc. ] G. Robertson & Company Propy. ltd.
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