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Free To A Good Home - New Zealand Miocene Mollusc


Doctor Mud

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Hi there,

I had some concretions I didn't take back to Australia last time.

These were the "maybes" for fossil crabs.

I split this one today. Evidence for crab legs turned out to be the remains of modern barnacles on the outside.

Oh - well....Christmas time....what's in it then? A few hits of the hammer revealed this lovely Miocene Mollusc. I'm not an expert, but resembles the genus Chlamys.

The tape measure is labelled with inches and mm. The shell is about 5 cm long. I'm not sure if both valves are there. A bit more might be exposed with am air scribe. I also have the pieces that came off the concretion to replace the chisel "bites"

So if you are mad about molluscs give me a shout. For the non New Zealand collectors I can weigh it so you can figure out how much it would cost to ship.

First in first served.

Edit - total weight is 5 kg for both bits of the concretion.

Looking up the NZ post rates this would be expensive to ship intact (about 45 - 90 US dollars to the U.S if you wanted all or only half). So if anyone really wants it but doesn't want to pay expensive postage I can try trimming it. I don't have a rock saw though and I would be using a chisel.

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Hi Raggedy Man - Do you know the age of the rocks there? It seems to be a genus that is widespread - with over 30 species, so I wouldn't be surprised if they were cousins :)

When I was looking it up I saw that Chlamys is ancient Greek for cloak - must be because the folds in the shell resemble the folds in a cloak.....

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Hi Raggedy Man - Do you know the age of the rocks there? It seems to be a genus that is widespread - with over 30 species, so I wouldn't be surprised if they were cousins :)

When I was looking it up I saw that Chlamys is ancient Greek for cloak - must be because the folds in the shell resemble the folds in a cloak.....

Interesting.

-Lyall

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Looking at NZ post - this is right on the cusp of their categories.

Approx $26 for greater than 5 kg

Approx $13 for less than 5 kg

Christchurch to Wellington.

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Hi Doctor Mud

Thanks for reply. Will decline offer thanks if that is cost of postage. Hope you find a good home for them. ...

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Hi Doctor Mud

Thanks for reply. Will decline offer thanks if that is cost of postage. Hope you find a good home for them. ...

No problem milesy,

I have to be very picky with what I keep since I live in Australia. Normally I would keep this but every kilo costs more in shipping or excess baggage.

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