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CONCHOLOGY 



MARINE SHELLS OF SOUTH AFRICA, COLLECTED 

 AT PORT ELIZABETH, WITH DESCRIPTIONS 

 OF SOME NEW SPECIES. 



By G. B. SOWERBY, F.Z.S. 



Argonauta kochiana Dunker, — The smallest species of the 

 genus, from an inch to an inch and a half long. It is 

 allied to A. Mans, but much more closely ribbed, and with 

 the surface crisply granulated. 



A. argo Linnaeus. — Some of the largest specimens of this 

 species are found at the Cape. Although tolerably abund- 

 ant in the Mediterranean, the specimens never attain to 

 so large a size. 



Murex uncinarius Lamarck {^=M. capensis Sowerby). — A 

 remarkable little species with fronds curiously hooked. 



M. dunkeri Krauss. — A small species rather like a Fiirpiira. 



M. kieneri Reeve. — Another small species, characterised 

 by a deep suture, numerous raised crenulated varices, 

 abruptly terminating, and leaving a deep channel near 

 the base. 



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