. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 210 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. Fig. 41. Dentalium sp. Fragments. Scale = 5 mm. Remarks The present material bears little resemblance to any living species of Dentalium described from southern Africa. DISCUSSION FAUNAL COMPOSITION The following table is a broad-scale analysis of the faunal composition of the fossil molluscs from the Hondeklip area collected during this study. Material identified to generic level only is excluded (15 genera). Total number of species 92 Total number of extinct
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 210 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. Fig. 41. Dentalium sp. Fragments. Scale = 5 mm. Remarks The present material bears little resemblance to any living species of Dentalium described from southern Africa. DISCUSSION FAUNAL COMPOSITION The following table is a broad-scale analysis of the faunal composition of the fossil molluscs from the Hondeklip area collected during this study. Material identified to generic level only is excluded (15 genera). Total number of species 92 Total number of extinct species 45 (49 %) Lyellian percentage (percentage extant) 51% Total number of species still living on east and west coasts 27 Total number of species living on east coast only 11 Total number of species with West African-Mediterranean affinities 9 I. 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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