A Beginner's Guide to South African Shells |
Common terms and phrases
14 inches adductor muscle Agulhas Bank animal aperture apex axial ribs bands beaks Bivalves body whorl brown burrow byssus calcareous Cape Peninsula capensis central tooth Cephalopods Chiton collection collector colour columella conchologists conical Cowrie cuticle Cuttlefish dead shells dextral Diameter inch dorsal view eggs elongate foot fossil Freshwater Gasteropods genera genus gills girdle grooves hind end hinge inches in length Indo-Pacific Indo-Pacific species juvenile Lamp Shells lateral left valve ligament Limpets living mantle margin MARINE GASTEROPODS median valve molluscs Mussel nacre nacreous narrow Nassarius Natal natalensis numerous occurs operculum outer lip oval oyster Pallial sinus pearls Plate XII Plate XXIII protoconch radula resembling right valve rocks sculpture shape SHELLS Family sinistral siphons slugs smooth snails sometimes South African Museum South African shells South African species specimens spiral ridges spire Squid suture teeth tentacles Terrestrial thick Tusk Shells usually variable viviparous whorls