. African invertebrates : a journal of biodiversity research. Invertebrates -- Africa; Biological diversity -- Africa; Biological diversity. Vol. Ill, part 1, issued September 2dth, 1914. SOME SOUTH AFRECAN MARINE SHELLS. ] Descriptions of some South African Marine Shells. By Ed^ai- A. <^mitli, With Plate I. In a collection of shells, mostly from Natal, kindly sub- mitted to me for examination by Mr. H. C. Burnup, five species appear to be undescribed, and therefore I have drawn up the following descriptions of them, and at the same time made some remarks on two known forms of the ge
. African invertebrates : a journal of biodiversity research. Invertebrates -- Africa; Biological diversity -- Africa; Biological diversity. Vol. Ill, part 1, issued September 2dth, 1914. SOME SOUTH AFRECAN MARINE SHELLS. ] Descriptions of some South African Marine Shells. By Ed^ai- A. <^mitli, With Plate I. In a collection of shells, mostly from Natal, kindly sub- mitted to me for examination by Mr. H. C. Burnup, five species appear to be undescribed, and therefore I have drawn up the following descriptions of them, and at the same time made some remarks on two known forms of the genus Mangilia shepstonensis n. sp. PL I, fig. 1. Testa parva, turrita, cerea, circa medium anfractus ultimi linea rufa interrupta cincta; anfractus 6; superiores Iseves (? detriti), convexi, casteri planiusculi, superne rotunde tabulati, costis circiter duodecim leviter obliquis instructi, liris spiralibus (in anfr. penult, tribus, in ultimo ad tredecim) supra costas subnodulosis cincti, inter liras striis spiralibus et lineis increment! minute decussati; apertura angusta, spira paulo brevior; labrum extra valde incrassatum, macula rufa ornatum, prope sinum conspicuura superiorem tuberculo parvo munitum; columella rectiuscula, callo tenui induta. Longit. 4^, diam. 2 mm. Hab.—Port Shepstone (Burnup). The apical whorls are large for so small a shell. Two specimens have been examined, and one of them has the spire VOL. 3, PART 1. 1. 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 Natal Museum (Pietermaritzburg, South Africa). Council. Pietermaritzburg, South Africa : Council of the Natal Museum
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