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From the album: The Mollusca of the Banjaard
A typical example of this species. No matter how often I see them, it's still one of my favorites Status: still locally alive Fossil occurrence: abundant© 2019 Max DEREME
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From the album: The Mollusca of the Banjaard
A pretty big Baltic tellin specimen. Status: still locally alive Fossil occurrence: common WoRMS synonym: Limecola balthica (Linnaeus, 1758)© 2019 Max DEREME
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From the album: The Mollusca of the Banjaard
A small common oyster specimen, with a nice brown coloration. Fossil oyster shells can be frustratingly difficult to tell apart from modern specimens. Different oyster species can be very hard to recognize, but O. edulis is by far the most common, so it's usually a reasonably safe bet (the other species are rare Pliocene to Eocene species and are very rarely found). Status: still locally alive Fossil occurrence: common© 2019 Max DEREME
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From the album: The Mollusca of the Banjaard
An incomplete Pliocene mussel specimen. Status: extinct Fossil occurrence: incomplete specimens are rather common --> the specimen shown here is actually one of the most complete specimens I've ever seen, even online. I've never heard of a complete specimen of this species© 2019 Max DEREME
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From the album: The Mollusca of the Banjaard
An almost complete example of a blunt gaper. Status: still locally alive Fossil occurrence: uncommon (fragments are common)© 2019 Max DEREME
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From the album: The Mollusca of the Banjaard
A typical specimen for this species. Status: still locally alive Fossil occurrence: abundant© 2019 Max DEREME
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From the album: The Mollusca of the Banjaard
A nice big example of the species. Status: still locally alive Fossil occurrence: abundant© 2019 Max DEREME
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From the album: The Mollusca of the Banjaard
A small fragment of the Norwegian cockle. Status: extinct (however, the very similar Laevicardium crassum (some say they are the same species) still occurs commonly) Fossil occurrence: uncommon WoRMS synonym: Laevicardium crassum (Gmelin, 1791)© 2019 Max DEREME
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From the album: The Mollusca of the Banjaard
A great specimen of the necklace shell, slightly damaged by boring worms or other small inverts. Status: still locally alive Fossil occurrence: rather common© 2019 Max DEREME
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From the album: The Mollusca of the Banjaard
A very nice small specimen of this famous gastropod, although a very small part of the base is missing. An iconic species of the Pliocene of northwest Europe. For those not familiar with the species, the round tip is not due to damage or very heavy weathering: this species is known to often have a round tip in smaller specimens. Status: extinct Fossil occurrence: rare (but rather common on other beaches in Zeeland)© 2019 Max DEREME
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From the album: The Mollusca of the Banjaard
A cool specimen of this dog whelk species. Status: still locally alive Fossil occurrence: common WoRMS synonym: Tritia nitida (Jeffreys, 1867)© 2019 Max DEREME
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From the album: The Mollusca of the Banjaard
A nice small specimen of the dog whelk. Status: still locally alive Fossil occurrence: common© 2019 Max DEREME
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From the album: The Mollusca of the Banjaard
A cool specimen of the dog whelk. Status: still locally alive Fossil occurrence: common© 2019 Max DEREME
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From the album: The Mollusca of the Banjaard
A cool specimen of the dog whelk. Status: still locally alive Fossil occurrence: common© 2019 Max DEREME
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From the album: The Mollusca of the Banjaard
A gorgeous specimen of the turreted conelet. Status: still locally alive Fossil occurrence: uncommon WoRMS synonym: Propebela turricula (Montagu, 1803)© 2019 Max DEREME
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From the album: The Mollusca of the Banjaard
An amazing specimen of the turreted conelet. Status: still locally alive Fossil occurrence: uncommon WoRMS synonym: Propebela turricula (Montagu, 1803)© 2019 Max DEREME
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From the album: The Mollusca of the Banjaard
A damaged specimen of a Pliocene gastropod species. Status: extinct Fossil occurrence: uncommon© 2019 Max DEREME
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From the album: The Mollusca of the Banjaard
A fantastic specimen of the icelandic moonsnail. Just like the Tridonta borealis, the exact age is unknown because this is a coldwater species (in fact it is still found in more northern seas, such as around Iceland), which doesn't make sense for warm Eemian sediments. This one likely comes from the same beds as the Tridonta borealis, which are speculated to be from the Weichselian, around 80'000 years old. Status: locally extinct Fossil occurence: uncommon© 2019 Max DEREME
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From the album: The Mollusca of the Banjaard
A nice small specimen of the rough periwinkle. Status: still locally alive Fossil occurrence: uncommon© 2019 Max DEREME
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From the album: The Mollusca of the Banjaard
A specimen of the common periwinkle. Fossil specimens can sometimes be quite hard to distinguish from modern ones. Status: still locally alive Fossil occurrence: common© 2019 Max DEREME
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From the album: The Mollusca of the Banjaard
A nice shiny specimen of the banded shell. Status: still locally alive Fossil occurrence: common© 2019 Max DEREME
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From the album: The Mollusca of the Banjaard
An incomplete but still cool specimen of the Pliocene cap shell species. Status: extinct Fossil occurrence: rare© 2019 Max DEREME
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From the album: The Mollusca of the Banjaard
A very incomplete specimen of the famous Pliocene pelican's foot species. Status: extinct Fossil occurence: rare© 2019 Max DEREME
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From the album: The Mollusca of the Banjaard
An incomplete specimen of a Pliocene species. This species is easily distinguished from the other Turritella species by its much thicker and better defined ridges. Status: extinct Fossil occurence: uncommon© 2019 Max DEREME
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From the album: The Mollusca of the Banjaard
A damaged specimen, quite worn too. Admittedly, it is much less beautiful than the modern version of this shell, which is commonly found here, but it's still nice to find a fossil example! It is a bit too worn to make a confident ID to species on this specimen, but seeing that most shells are from the Eemian, chances are good that this is the Eemian (and modern) species E. clathrus. But it still isn't completely sure, which is why I put it as cf. just to be safe. Status: still locally alive (modern specimens are much more common than fossil ones) Fossil occurence: rare© 2019 Max DEREME
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