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<emphasis id="C887EAF7FFB15437FE1CFA4E05F4FA10" bold="true" box="[493,764,1432,1457]" pageId="39" pageNumber="302">Veprichlamys africana</emphasis>
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Description of
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(RV): Shell fragile, up to
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high, obliquely ovate, rather compressed, inequilateral, auricles unequal, umbonal angle
<emphasis id="C887EAF7FFB15437FCB6F9DF0461F980" box="[839,873,1545,1569]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="302">ca.</emphasis>
90°. RV sculptured with numerous (
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25) irregularly spaced, radial costae on central part of disc, increasing to
<emphasis id="C887EAF7FFB15437FF44F99F07DFF9C0" box="[181,215,1609,1633]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="302">ca.</emphasis>
50 near ventral margin, commencing at
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shell height. Radial costae squamose. Preradial stage smooth (somewhat eroded). Intercostal microsculpture of antimarginal striae. Anterior auricle larger than posterior, sculptured with 4 prominent squamose radial riblets, one weak radial riblet on posterior auricle. Anterior dorsal margin with prominent scales. Hinge line straight. Inner surface somewhat plicate. Resilifer triangularly oblong. Auricular crura well developed. Byssal notch rather deep, byssal fasciole broad.Active ctenolium with 5 teeth on suture. Colour exterior creamy, interior nacreous.
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Additional description of
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(LV) (NMSA 5735): Shell fragile, up to
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high, somewhat obliquely ovate, rather compressed, slightly inequilateral, auricles unequal, umbonal angle
<emphasis id="C887EAF7FFBE5438FE54FE1806CEFE47" box="[421,454,462,486]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="303">ca.</emphasis>
90°. LV sculptured with
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20 regularly spaced, primary radial costae on central part of disc, increasing with numerous secondary intercalated radial riblets (
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20) near ventral margin, commencing at
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shell height. Radial costae squamose. Preradial microsculpture of fine commarginal lamellae, intercostal
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<emphasis id="C887EAF7FFBE5438FCA5FBDA06A3FB92" bold="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="303">41 40</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="C887EAF7FFBE5438FC94FA29069BF983" bold="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="303">43 42</emphasis>
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Figs 4043.
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4041. Paratype, NMSA 5735, off Natal, 40.6 x 36.0 mm. 40. LV exterior. 41. LV interior. 4243. Holotype, NMSA D1452, off Amanzimtoti, Natal, 350 m, 35.9 x 31.5 mm. 42. RV exterior. 43. RV interior.
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<paragraph id="FA4C36E5FFBF5439FF44FF180643FE26" blockId="41.[181,1142,206,1487]" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">microsculpture of irregular antimarginal striae. Anterior auricle larger than posterior, sculptured with 5 prominent squamose radial riblets, 2 weak radial riblets on posterior. Auricular microsculpture of irregular antimarginal striae. Hinge line straight, posteriorly somewhat declivous. Inner surface plicate. Resilifer oblique oblong, resilial teeth very weak, dorsal teeth absent. Auricular crura well developed. Colour exterior greyish, interior silky.</paragraph>
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locality:
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: off
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, muddy sand,
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67,
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Type material:
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, L
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.
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(6 LV, 5 RV in total):
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S of Zavora
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E of Inhaca
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,
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, dead, leg.
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, don.
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(
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,
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, mud, dead, 1996 (
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Moll. 3.99.003: 1 LV + 1
<collectionCode id="9CE2AE20FFBF5439FE72FD8806A4FDD6" box="[387,428,606,631]" country="Italy" name="Collection of Leptospira Strains" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">RV</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
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:
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<location id="FF2C603EFFBF5439FD7CFD8805C2FDD7" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:725A87F3FFB1543AFE1CFA4E0530FEA6:FF2C603EFFBF5439FD7CFD8805C2FDD7" box="[653,714,606,630]" country="South Africa" name="Natal" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">Natal</location>
</emphasis>
: same data as holotype (
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<specimenCode id="AA559E9EFFBF5439FBD2FD880365FDD6" box="[1059,1133,606,631]" collectionCode="NMSA" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" name="KwaZulu-Natal Museum" pageId="41" pageNumber="304" type="Museum">V7830</specimenCode>
/ T1729: 1 LV + 1
<collectionCode id="9CE2AE20FFBF5439FE82FDA80694FD36" box="[371,412,638,663]" country="Italy" name="Collection of Leptospira Strains" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">RV</collectionCode>
); off
<collectorName id="57065333FFBF5439FE24FDA8051CFD36" box="[469,532,638,663]" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">Natal</collectorName>
, dead,
<collectorName id="57065333FFBF5439FD91FDA80419FD36" box="[608,785,638,663]" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">R. Cruickshank</collectorName>
,
<date id="8E4D1025FFBF5439FCEAFDA80464FD36" box="[795,876,638,663]" pageId="41" pageNumber="304" value="1970-05">
<collectingDate id="9E09E9CDFFBF5439FCEAFDA80464FD36" box="[795,876,638,663]" pageId="41" pageNumber="304" value="1970-05">v. 1970</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<specimenCode id="AA559E9EFFBF5439FC88FDA80303FD36" box="[889,1035,638,663]" collectionCode="NMSA" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" name="KwaZulu-Natal Museum" pageId="41" pageNumber="304" type="Museum">NMSA 5735</specimenCode>
/T1706: 1 LV)
</materialsCitation>
.
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<emphasis id="C887EAF7FFBF5439FF02FD48065BFD17" box="[243,339,670,694]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">
<location id="FF2C603EFFBF5439FF02FD48065BFD17" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:725A87F3FFB1543AFE1CFA4E0530FEA6:FF2C603EFFBF5439FF02FD48065BFD17" box="[243,339,670,694]" country="South Africa" county="Qora River" latitude="-32.366665" longLatPrecision="121" longitude="29.02" municipality="Whale Rock" name="Transkei" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">Transkei</location>
</emphasis>
: off
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,
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,
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,
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<elevation id="71DED1D6FFBF5439FCDBFD4804A6FD16" box="[810,942,670,695]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.1" metricValueMax="4.2" metricValueMin="4.0" pageId="41" pageNumber="304" unit="m" value="410.0" valueMax="420.0" valueMin="400.0">400420 m</elevation>
</quantity>
, coarse sand, old shell debris, stones, dead,
<collectionCode id="9CE2AE20FFBF5439FE24FD68052DFD76" box="[469,549,702,727]" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">NMDP</collectionCode>
<collectorName id="57065333FFBF5439FDDAFD68057AFD76" box="[555,626,702,727]" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">Stn M</collectorName>
7,
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<collectingDate id="9E09E9CDFFBF5439FD78FD680401FD76" box="[649,777,702,727]" pageId="41" pageNumber="304" value="1982-07-20">20.vii.1982</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<collectionCode id="9CE2AE20FFBF5439FCE7FD68046FFD76" box="[790,871,702,727]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" name="KwaZulu-Natal Museum" pageId="41" pageNumber="304" type="Museum">NMSA</collectionCode>
<specimenCode id="AA559E9EFFBF5439FC9DFD6804B4FD76" box="[876,956,702,727]" collectionCode="NMSA" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" name="KwaZulu-Natal Museum" pageId="41" pageNumber="304" type="Museum">V7152</specimenCode>
/T1730: 2 LV + 1
<collectionCode id="9CE2AE20FFBF5439FF44FD0807D6FD56" box="[181,222,734,759]" country="Italy" name="Collection of Leptospira Strains" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">RV</collectionCode>
); off Mendu Point,
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,
<geoCoordinate id="9FC75022FFBF5439FDD5FD08059EFD56" box="[548,662,731,759]" degrees="29" direction="east" minutes="01.2" orientation="longitude" pageId="41" pageNumber="304" precision="92" value="29.02">29°01.2´E</geoCoordinate>
,
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<elevation id="71DED1D6FFBF5439FD6EFD080413FD56" box="[671,795,734,759]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.125" metricValueMax="4.2" metricValueMin="4.05" pageId="41" pageNumber="304" unit="m" value="412.5" valueMax="420.0" valueMin="405.0">405420 m</elevation>
</quantity>
, fine sand, dead (
<collectionCode id="9CE2AE20FFBF5439FC21FD080328FD56" box="[976,1056,734,759]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" name="KwaZulu-Natal Museum" pageId="41" pageNumber="304" type="Museum">NMSA</collectionCode>
<specimenCode id="AA559E9EFFBF5439FBD4FD080365FD56" box="[1061,1133,734,759]" collectionCode="NMSA" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" name="KwaZulu-Natal Museum" pageId="41" pageNumber="304" type="Museum">C5009</specimenCode>
/ T1727: 1 LV); off
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,
<quantity id="3D0B9B00FFBF5439FDFEFD280551FCB6" box="[527,601,766,791]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" pageId="41" pageNumber="304" unit="m" value="400.0">
<elevation id="71DED1D6FFBF5439FDFEFD280551FCB6" box="[527,601,766,791]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.0" pageId="41" pageNumber="304" unit="m" value="400.0">400 m</elevation>
</quantity>
, sand, dead,
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<collectorName id="57065333FFBF5439FCCEFD28048BFCB6" box="[831,899,766,791]" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">Stn U</collectorName>
8,
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<collectingDate id="9E09E9CDFFBF5439FC6DFD28031CFCB6" box="[924,1044,766,791]" pageId="41" pageNumber="304" value="1983-06-14">14.vi.1983</collectingDate>
</date>
(
<collectionCode id="9CE2AE20FFBF5439FBD2FD28037EFCB6" box="[1059,1142,766,791]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" name="KwaZulu-Natal Museum" pageId="41" pageNumber="304" type="Museum">NMSA</collectionCode>
<specimenCode id="AA559E9EFFBF5439FF44FCC8060AFC96" box="[181,258,798,823]" collectionCode="NMSA" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34985" name="KwaZulu-Natal Museum" pageId="41" pageNumber="304" type="Museum">C6587</specimenCode>
/T1726: 1
<collectionCode id="9CE2AE20FFBF5439FE84FCC80697FC96" box="[373,415,798,823]" country="Italy" name="Collection of Leptospira Strains" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">RV</collectionCode>
)
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FA4C36E5FFBF5439FF44FC90031BFCFE" blockId="41.[181,1142,206,1487]" box="[181,1043,838,863]" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">
Distribution: Continental slope of southern
<collectingCountry id="82E47675FFBF5439FD6CFC900439FCFE" box="[669,817,838,863]" name="Mozambique" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
to eastern Transkei.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FA4C36E5FFBF5439FF44FCB80605FC06" blockId="41.[181,1142,206,1487]" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">
Habitat: At present only single valves are known, from
<emphasis id="C887EAF7FFBF5439FCD3FCB8044CFC27" box="[802,836,878,902]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">ca.</emphasis>
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on coarse sand or mud.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FA4C36E5FFBF5439FF44FC6005C8FA6E" blockId="41.[181,1142,206,1487]" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">
Discussion:
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<emphasis id="C887EAF7FFBF5439FEB1FC600536FC6F" box="[320,574,950,974]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">Veprichlamys africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from the Australian
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<emphasis id="C887EAF7FFBF5439FC88FC600318FC6F" box="[889,1040,950,974]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">V. perillustris</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="9E624B14FFBF5439FBEEFC6007E6FC4E" author="IREDALE, T." pageId="41" pageNumber="304" pagination="243 - 270" refId="ref36225" refString="IREDALE, T. 1925. Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 14: 243 - 270." type="journal article" year="1925">Iredale, 1925</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
in its more ovate to orbicular shape (
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<emphasis id="C887EAF7FFBF5439FD6EFC00043EFC4F" box="[671,822,982,1006]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">V. perillustris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is more obliquely ovate), in having more numerous secondary intercalated radial riblets, which are almost absent in
<taxonomicName id="3DF34D66FFBF5439FF44FBC00644FB8F" baseAuthorityName="Iredale" baseAuthorityYear="1925" box="[181,332,1046,1070]" class="Bivalvia" family="Pectinidae" genus="Chlamys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pectinida" pageId="41" pageNumber="304" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="perillustris">
<emphasis id="C887EAF7FFBF5439FF44FBC00644FB8F" box="[181,332,1046,1070]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">V. perillustris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and by the more prominent antimarginal microsculpture.
<taxonomicName id="3DF34D66FFBF5439FC2EFBC006C1FBEE" authority="(Powell, 1933)" baseAuthorityName="Powell" baseAuthorityYear="1933" class="Bivalvia" family="Pectinidae" genus="Veprichlamys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pectinida" pageId="41" pageNumber="304" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="kiwaensis">
<emphasis id="C887EAF7FFBF5439FC2EFBC00629FBEF" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">Veprichlamys kiwaensis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="9E624B14FFBF5439FEDFFBE006C9FBEE" author="POWELL, A. W. B." box="[302,449,1078,1103]" pageId="41" pageNumber="304" pagination="370 - 372" refId="ref37704" refString="POWELL, A. W. B. 1933. Two new molluscs of the Pectinidae from 600 to 700 fathoms, four hundred miles West of New Plymouth. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 63 (3): 370 - 372." type="journal article" year="1933">Powell, 1933</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
of
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resembles
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<emphasis id="C887EAF7FFBF5439FD07FBE00465FBEF" box="[758,877,1078,1102]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">V. africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
most closely, but differs in having a more obliquely ovate shape, having fewer intercalated secondary radial riblets, by its more numerous commarginal lamellae in the preradial stage, and by having finer antimarginal intercostal striae. The Japanese
<taxonomicName id="3DF34D66FFBF5439FD1FFB4007FFFB6E" authority="(Bavay, 1904)" baseAuthorityName="Bavay" baseAuthorityYear="1904" class="Bivalvia" family="Pectinidae" genus="Veprichlamys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pectinida" pageId="41" pageNumber="304" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="jousseaumei">
<emphasis id="C887EAF7FFBF5439FD1FFB40031FFB0F" box="[750,1047,1174,1198]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">Veprichlamys jousseaumei</emphasis>
(Bavay, 1904)
</taxonomicName>
differs from
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<emphasis id="C887EAF7FFBF5439FE7DFB60050FFB6F" box="[396,519,1206,1230]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">V. africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in its smaller size (height &lt;
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) and more orbicular shape, in its more numerous, regularly spaced, primary radial costae (
<emphasis id="C887EAF7FFBF5439FC42FB0004DDFB4F" box="[947,981,1238,1262]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">ca.</emphasis>
30-38), and in its fewer secondary intercalated radial riblets.
<taxonomicName id="3DF34D66FFBF5439FD44FB20037EFAAE" authority="(Hertlein, 1972)" baseAuthorityName="Hertlein" baseAuthorityYear="1972" box="[693,1142,1270,1295]" class="Bivalvia" family="Pectinidae" genus="Veprichlamys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pectinida" pageId="41" pageNumber="304" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="incantata">
<emphasis id="C887EAF7FFBF5439FD44FB2004B4FAAF" box="[693,956,1270,1294]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">Veprichlamys incantata</emphasis>
(Hertlein, 1972)
</taxonomicName>
from the Galapagos differs from
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<emphasis id="C887EAF7FFBF5439FDD4FAC00597FA8F" box="[549,671,1302,1326]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">V. africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
mainly in attaining a larger size (up to
<emphasis id="C887EAF7FFBF5439FBA5FAC0037EFA8F" box="[1108,1142,1302,1326]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">ca.</emphasis>
<quantity id="3D0B9B00FFBF5439FF44FAE0060CFAEE" box="[181,260,1334,1359]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.5" pageId="41" pageNumber="304" unit="mm" value="55.0">55 mm</quantity>
high), in its more numerous secondary intercalated radial riblets, and in having more prominent and erect scales on the radial costae.
<taxonomicName id="3DF34D66FFBF5439FCF4FA80068BFA2E" authority="Dijkstra &amp; Kastoro, 1997" authorityName="Dijkstra &amp; Kastoro" authorityYear="1997" class="Bivalvia" family="Pectinidae" genus="Veprichlamys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pectinida" pageId="41" pageNumber="304" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="versipellis">
<emphasis id="C887EAF7FFBF5439FCF4FA80031DFACF" box="[773,1045,1366,1390]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">Veprichlamys versipellis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
, of
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, differs from
<taxonomicName id="3DF34D66FFBF5439FD27FAA00452FA2F" authorityName="Dijkstra &amp; Kilburn" authorityYear="2001" box="[726,858,1398,1422]" class="Bivalvia" family="Pectinidae" genus="Veprichlamys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pectinida" pageId="41" pageNumber="304" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="africana">
<emphasis id="C887EAF7FFBF5439FD27FAA00452FA2F" box="[726,858,1398,1422]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">V. africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having a reticulated microsculpture in its early radial stage and a finer antimarginal microsculpture in the late radial stage, and by having larger auricles.
</paragraph>
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Etymology: Latin
<emphasis id="C887EAF7FFBF5439FE72FA3606E5FA59" box="[387,493,1504,1528]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">africanus</emphasis>
, adj. = African.
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Remarks: The available specimens from
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and northern
<collectingCountry id="82E47675FFBF5439FC4AF9DF0343F983" box="[955,1099,1545,1570]" name="South Africa" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">South Africa</collectingCountry>
are all dead-collected and somewhat corroded, especially those from
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. It is presumed that
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<emphasis id="C887EAF7FFBF5439FEA6F99F055AF9C0" box="[343,594,1609,1633]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">Veprichlamys africana</emphasis>
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inhabits deeper bathyal waters, like
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<emphasis id="C887EAF7FFBF5439FC10F99F037EF9C0" box="[993,1142,1609,1633]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">V. perillustris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(in
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<quantity id="3D0B9B00FFBF5439FEF3F9BF0641F923" box="[258,329,1641,1666]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.6" pageId="41" pageNumber="304" unit="m" value="460.0">460 m</quantity>
) and
<taxonomicName id="3DF34D66FFBF5439FE77F9BF0506F920" baseAuthorityName="Powell" baseAuthorityYear="1933" box="[390,526,1641,1665]" class="Bivalvia" family="Pectinidae" genus="Veprichlamys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Pectinida" pageId="41" pageNumber="304" phylum="Mollusca" rank="species" species="kiwaensis">
<emphasis id="C887EAF7FFBF5439FE77F9BF0506F920" box="[390,526,1641,1665]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">V. kiwaensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(to
<emphasis id="C887EAF7FFBF5439FDC8F9BF0553F920" box="[569,603,1641,1665]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="304">ca.</emphasis>
<quantity id="3D0B9B00FFBF5439FD90F9BF05BEF923" box="[609,694,1641,1666]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="41" pageNumber="304" unit="m" value="1000.0">1000 m</quantity>
) (unpublished data, Dijkstra). However,
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it is not impossible that in the case of
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<emphasis id="C887EAF7FFBC543AFDC6FF1805B9FF47" box="[567,689,206,230]" italics="true" pageId="42" pageNumber="305">V. africana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
these valves have been derived from Pleistocene deposits by slope erosion.
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