. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 200 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. Fig. 34. Glycymeris fulleri. Range of paratypes. Scale = 20 mm. Glycymeris connollyi Tomlin, 1923, known living from Table Bay to Natal, is smaller than the present species, and more trigonal in outHne. Glycymeris borgesi (Cox, 1946) {= G. africana Cox, 1939), known from the Neogene of Ysterplaat, Cape Province (Tankard \915d) as well as from the Alexandria Formation in the Port Elizabeth area, is a much larger species (up to 100 mm diameter), with the hinge te
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 200 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. Fig. 34. Glycymeris fulleri. Range of paratypes. Scale = 20 mm. Glycymeris connollyi Tomlin, 1923, known living from Table Bay to Natal, is smaller than the present species, and more trigonal in outHne. Glycymeris borgesi (Cox, 1946) {= G. africana Cox, 1939), known from the Neogene of Ysterplaat, Cape Province (Tankard \915d) as well as from the Alexandria Formation in the Port Elizabeth area, is a much larger species (up to 100 mm diameter), with the hinge teeth in a continuous band. Glycymeris ovata (Broderip), recorded from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of Chile by Herm (1969) also shows the tooth row of the hinge divided into two parts, but this species is less markedly inequilateral and somewhat more trigonal than the present species. Etymology The species is named for Professor A. O. Fuller, Department of Geology, University of Cape 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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