. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. a b C Fig. 30. Posterior end of: a, Donax burnupi Sow. b, bertini Pilsbry. c, Donax sp., off Tugela River. subgen. Capsella Thin, without posterior ridge, margin internally smooth. Donax {Capsella) burnupi Sow. Fig. 30 a Donax burnupi Sowerby, 1894, p. 377; 1897, p. 23, pi. 6, fig. 26; Turton, 1932, p. 253, pi. 68, no. 1789. Elongate oval, smooth, umbo about § from posterior end, posteriorly with spaced sulci obliquely crossing the growth-lines, 8-10 on shells c. 15-20 mm. long, 12 on a shell 27 mm.
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. a b C Fig. 30. Posterior end of: a, Donax burnupi Sow. b, bertini Pilsbry. c, Donax sp., off Tugela River. subgen. Capsella Thin, without posterior ridge, margin internally smooth. Donax {Capsella) burnupi Sow. Fig. 30 a Donax burnupi Sowerby, 1894, p. 377; 1897, p. 23, pi. 6, fig. 26; Turton, 1932, p. 253, pi. 68, no. 1789. Elongate oval, smooth, umbo about § from posterior end, posteriorly with spaced sulci obliquely crossing the growth-lines, 8-10 on shells c. 15-20 mm. long, 12 on a shell 27 mm. long. Externally buff, fawn, or brown, almost uniform or with brown rays on pale ground, or vice versa; internally brown, fawn, or violaceous, often with an orange flush in middle, both ends being violaceous. Length 27, alt. 12-5 mm. Fossil: Pleistocene, Sedgefield near Knysna (A. R. H. Martin). Natal (Sowerby); False Bay and Still Bay (S. Afr. Mus.); Port Elizabeth, living (S. Afr. Mus. coll. R. Kilburn); Port Alfred (Bartsch, Turton). False Bay, 10-13 fathoms, 2 living; also 42 fathoms, one valve (together. 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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