AlexJames Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 These are pictures of three different shells that relatives brought back from their honeymoon years and years ago when i was a kid. Most of what they collected were ordinary shells, save for those three. What are they? Any help would be appreciated. I've held onto these for years and always wondered what they were. Here are the undersides of the shells respectively, in order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ynot Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 oyster shells. 1 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieira Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Yes no doubt, Oysters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Oysters, I agree, and they look to be recent ones, not fossils. The specimen from the link is a crinoid pluricolumnal and it's a fossil. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Crassostrea virginica is my specific guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 I agree with the others on modern oysters. Crassostrea virginica, though a good guess, is not completely sure; it would be very helpful to know where the shells were found in order to determine the correct species. Do you perhaps remember where their honeymoon was? Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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