. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Fig. 9. (a) Volutocorbis abyssicola (Ad. & Rve.), central and lateral plates of radula. (b) Fusivoluta pyrrho- stoma (Watson), central plate of radula. (c) F. pyrrhostoma forma major, central plate of radula. (d) Neptuneopsis gilchristi Sow., three central plates with degenerate lateral plates from near front end of radula; the expansion of the basal membrane thins out laterally as indicated by the spacing of the dots. It seems therefore that two living specimens were taken at Station IX in False
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Fig. 9. (a) Volutocorbis abyssicola (Ad. & Rve.), central and lateral plates of radula. (b) Fusivoluta pyrrho- stoma (Watson), central plate of radula. (c) F. pyrrhostoma forma major, central plate of radula. (d) Neptuneopsis gilchristi Sow., three central plates with degenerate lateral plates from near front end of radula; the expansion of the basal membrane thins out laterally as indicated by the spacing of the dots. It seems therefore that two living specimens were taken at Station IX in False Bay. One sent to Sowerby and described by him in 1898; he himself seems to have extracted the radula and passed the animal (thus mutilated) on * Pace ()oc. cit., p. 21 and p. 25 footnote 2) records that the British Museum secured a spirit specimen (reg. no. 1901: ) in 1901, which he dissected. There seems to be no 1 < cord in the Pieter Fame log-book of the capture of this 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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