. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Text-fig. 2.—Pinna cf. decussata, Goldfuss. Cross-section to show degree of Text-fig. 3.—Pinna cf. decussata, Goldfuss. Right valve. X £. good state of preservation, Mus., No. 8692, and a fragment of the dorsal part of another individual, Mus., No. 8443. Description.—Shell large, straight, elongated, not well inflated ; margins nearly straight, the ventral rather convex ; shell flattened posteriorly, apical angle small (35°). Valves not medially carinated. Please note that these

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. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Text-fig. 2.—Pinna cf. decussata, Goldfuss. Cross-section to show degree of Text-fig. 3.—Pinna cf. decussata, Goldfuss. Right valve. X £. good state of preservation, Mus., No. 8692, and a fragment of the dorsal part of another individual, Mus., No. 8443. Description.—Shell large, straight, elongated, not well inflated ; margins nearly straight, the ventral rather convex ; shell flattened posteriorly, apical angle small (35°). Valves not medially carinated. 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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