. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. ^3k. Fig. 3. a, b. Glycimeris connollyi Tomlin, with detail of ribbing further enlarged. connollyi var. from Sedgefield. d. outline of G. queketti Sow. superimposed on outline (dotted) of Newton's figure of ]pilosa. Teeth at 4 mm. shell length 9-10, at 7 mm. 14, at 15 mm. 18, increasing to 22-24, with a few feeble and indistinct ones in the middle. Margin internally crenulate. Periostracum thin, shortly fibrous, usually abraded except on lateral parts of shell. Up to length 65, alt. 65 mm. (Sowe
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. ^3k. Fig. 3. a, b. Glycimeris connollyi Tomlin, with detail of ribbing further enlarged. connollyi var. from Sedgefield. d. outline of G. queketti Sow. superimposed on outline (dotted) of Newton's figure of ]pilosa. Teeth at 4 mm. shell length 9-10, at 7 mm. 14, at 15 mm. 18, increasing to 22-24, with a few feeble and indistinct ones in the middle. Margin internally crenulate. Periostracum thin, shortly fibrous, usually abraded except on lateral parts of shell. Up to length 65, alt. 65 mm. (Sowerby); 56 x 53 mm., 63 x 58 mm., and 78 x 76 mm. (S. Afr. Mus.). Yellowish-brown, juveniles often with zigzag or arrow-like markings, periostracum brown; impressions of adductor muscles with orange-brown radial streaks. Fossil: Post Pliocene; Inhambane (Cox). Durban (Sowerby); Port Alfred, dead (Bartsch, Turton). Natal: from Tugela River to Umtwalumi (between Umkomaas and Port Shepstone), 27-54 fathoms, living and dead (S. Afr. Mus. coll.). Delagoa Bay (Braga: also ).. 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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