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South African Shells

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SINCE 1848, when Krauss published his well-known work, entitled “Die Sadafrikanischen Mollusken,” no such list as the one before us dealing with the Molluscan Fauna of this interesting and important marine province has appeared.

Marine Shells of South Africa:

A Catalogue of all the Known Species, with References to Figures in Various Works, Descriptions of New Species, and Figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured. By G. B. Sowerby. Pp. 89, 5 pls. [drawn by the author]. (London, 1892.)

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  1. "Ueber einige südafrikanische Mollusken nach der Sammlung von Dr. G. Fritsch." Jahrb. Deutsch. Malak. Gesell. 1874, pp. 119–146.

  2. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1890, pp. 247–317.

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South African Shells. Nature 47, 27–28 (1892). https://doi.org/10.1038/047027a0

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