. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. vig. 16. a, b, Hinge (left valves) of Lima rotundata Sow. and L. lima (Linn.), c, L. perfecta Smith Fariations of nodules on ribs, d, L. lima (Linn.) posterior ear. e, L. divaricata divaricating riblets (semidiagrammatic)./, L. abscisa internal view of right valve. White or cream. Animal orange-scarlet. Length (greatest, parallel with hinge-linej 37. a)t. 42, thickness (one valve) 15, hinge-line 20 mm. No eyes. Inner mantle fringe wide, the two sides anteriorly united; lips fused into a t
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. vig. 16. a, b, Hinge (left valves) of Lima rotundata Sow. and L. lima (Linn.), c, L. perfecta Smith Fariations of nodules on ribs, d, L. lima (Linn.) posterior ear. e, L. divaricata divaricating riblets (semidiagrammatic)./, L. abscisa internal view of right valve. White or cream. Animal orange-scarlet. Length (greatest, parallel with hinge-linej 37. a)t. 42, thickness (one valve) 15, hinge-line 20 mm. No eyes. Inner mantle fringe wide, the two sides anteriorly united; lips fused into a transverse tube open at both ends; foot with byssus groove, but no byssus; no retractors. Fossil: Pleistocene, Port Elizabeth (Johnson, Schwarz); Little Brak River, Mossel Bay (Smith); Sedgefield near Knysna (A. R. H. Martin); Knysna raised beach (S. Air. Mus.). Port Elizabeth and Algoa Bay (Krauss, Sowerby, Thiele); Port Alfred (Bartsch, Turton); False Bay, Still Bay, MosseJ Bay, Port Alfred (S. Afr. Mus.). False Bay, 20 fathoms, juv. valves; off East London, 27 fathoms, 9 valves (S. Afr. Mus. coll.). Saldanha Bay; False Bay; Algoa Bay ().. 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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