Rosie021 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Hi! So I found a shell one of my old friends gave me when I was a child and I remember he told me this was a very old shell, I'm curious if this is a modern shell thats just really worn or if it's a fossil. I don't know enough to be able to tell myself sadly. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Hi and welcome to TFF! Do You know where it was found? Without a location it is very hard to say if it is a "fossil" or modern. Sometimes it is hard to be sure even with that information. 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...
Rosie021 Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 (edited) I wish I did know, I've had an interest in fossils for a few years now and itd be cool if I had one without even knowing. If I had to guess maybe somewhere in Alaska Edited February 10, 2019 by Rosie021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 This is a conch shell, to My knowledge not found in Alaska. (from a much more tropical zone.) Edit, sorry do not know shells very well. 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...
Peat Burns Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Looks like a whelk (Busyconidae). Can't say for sure whether it is "fossil" or not if out of context. And it is sinistral, so probably Sinistrofulgar sinistrum, Busycon perversum, or Busycon contrarium. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 24 minutes ago, Peat Burns said: Looks like a whelk (Busyconidae). Can't say for sure whether it is "fossil" or not if out of context. And it is sinistral, so probably Sinistrofulgar sinistrum, Busycon perversum, or Busycon contrarium. That was my thought, also. Nice weathering and bioerosional markings on the specimen. " 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...
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