Twin Beach, Washington; 2/19

[Neanderthal Shaman]

A few odds and ends I picked up on Sunday from Twin Beach, Washington.

 

The Burke Museum Paleontology Database is still down (PLEASE BURKE, GET IT BACK ONLINE!!!), so I can't really ID the snails right now, but one of them is clearly a moon snail, and if I had to hazard a guess, the big one is maybe some sort of spindle snail? Prepping it was very easy and zen.

 

 

 

And of course a Callianopsis clallamensis ghost shrimp that the beach is so well known for.

 

 

 

 

Till' next time!

 

 

Edited February 23, 2023 by Neanderthal Shaman
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[Pnwmedic]

Went back to twin last week, the recent rains caused mud to slide down over the exposed cliffs where the shrimp come from… I was sad … and also stuck