Patellina Williamson, 1858

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Patellina Williamson, 1858 Patellina corrugata Williamson, 1858

Figs 5I, 5J

Patellina corrugata: Williamson 1858: 46 , pl. 3, figs 86–89; Cushman 1930: 15, pl. 3, figs 5a–c; Hedley et al. 1967: 46; Boltovskoy & Lena 1966: 147, 148, pl. 13, fig. 15; Hayward et al. 1999: 93, pl. 3, figs 11–13; Albani et al. 2001.

Material examined: A27416 , A27417.

Distribution: Cosmopolitan, littoral and sub-littoral environments.Around South Africa from Sea Point to Port Elizabeth. Recorded by McMillan (1987 a) from samples retrieved off the coast of Namibia.

Remarks: Species widely reported by many authors. Differs from that described by Hayward et al. (1999) in that tests are more compressed.

Figures

Fig. 5 A–L: (A) Trifarina angulosa (Williamson, 1858); (B) Neoconcorbina sp. “A”; (C, D) Rosalina cf. globularis d’Orbigny, 1826; (E) Rosalina sp. “A”; (F–H) Glabratella australensis (Heron-Allen & Earland, 1932); (I, J) Patellina corrugata Williamson, 1858; (K) Ammonia parkinsoniana (d’Orbigny, 1839); (L) Pararotalia nipponica (Asano, 1936).