. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 3° ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM With some similarity to Pleurotomella ida Thiele, but distinctly narrower, and with ribs crossing the sulcus. Thiele's figure seems to indicate a cingulum, but it is not mentioned in the description. Also rather like Bellardiella alfredensis Turton 1932, but the latter is only 4 mm. long with 4 whorls (figure; description says 5). Drillia bruchia n. sp. Fig. 13 b A broken specimen consisting of three whorls, apex (? 2 or 3 whorls) missing. Profile sharply angular

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. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 3° ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM With some similarity to Pleurotomella ida Thiele, but distinctly narrower, and with ribs crossing the sulcus. Thiele's figure seems to indicate a cingulum, but it is not mentioned in the description. Also rather like Bellardiella alfredensis Turton 1932, but the latter is only 4 mm. long with 4 whorls (figure; description says 5). Drillia bruchia n. sp. Fig. 13 b A broken specimen consisting of three whorls, apex (? 2 or 3 whorls) missing. Profile sharply angular. Axial ribs 11 on 1st two whorls, 12 on the last, scarcely indicated on sulcus except near the shoulder, petering out on lower part. 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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