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Went traveling toward the eclipse, for a sister's birthday, and I am addicted to searching for treasures, especially beaches. This is Charles Island off of Trumbull Beach. The locals have introduced new clam beds just off shore Some of the clams leave the safety of the beds and end up on beach waiting for the sun and birds to intervene with a host of native seashells (razor clams, venus clams, moon snails, whelks) and evena few crab and jelly fish.. As far back as I can remember, I have tossed the live ones back into the temporary safety of the tidepools. Maybe I think of it as a little penitence for all those clams casino and oyster Rockefeller I have consumed. On my 1st walk, I tossed back in 117 clams and 3 oysters. When I was young, there used to be oyster bonanzas here, Occasionally, I would pick up a moon snail, or different type of shell There is always something new to find... a small spider crab and this whelk... I do not know the specific species along the Connecticut beaches and hope some TFF friends from the area might recognize it. I was interested because it was pretty and because the operculum had been "sliced" but still mostly there. I thought the likely culprit was a seagull but a little confused why the bird would not have eaten some or more of the exposed gastropod. On Monday I watched the Eclipse with the Birthday girl and tried to figure out how to snap a photo with my cellphone, having prepared no other equipment. I tried many times and I have a number of these shots, which I do not quite understand... basically focus at infinity and long exposure... I thought the blue arc is the actual eclipse and the ball of fire is some sort of reflection.. but I have not figured it out. When I looked thru the special glasses, the eclipse was always a dark (almost black) moon moving across a very bright sun. Fortunately , a niece and her significant other managed to get close to the Vermont_Canadian border and managed this shot in the line of totality. On the last morning, while tossing more of the live back into the tide pools, I saw this fantastically ornate clam.. Stepped back and thought what is that ??? It is 45 x 38 mm, and seems to be a little stand for a figurine of some other material. The figurine might be a doll or a leprechaun , The boots look look like ones leprechauns might wear and do not seem to be broken at the connection... I wish the flowers were 4 leaf clovers, but they are not... It seems like a resin or plastic poured into a mold, and is completely flat on the bottom. It seems more intricate and detailed than I would expect from a modern toy but who knows...? All comments and suggestions on what it might be greatly appreciated. I also saw lots of interesting overly worn rocks , but decided not to ask for identifications.... Jack
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Hey All, I found this today while looking for sharks teeth in Charleston, SC. I am guessing this is a knobbed whelk, is that correct? How do I know if it is fossilized or not? Also, for anyone who knows the area, are these rare in the greater Charleston Area? I know for all the hours I have spent looking for teeth at this particular spot I have never seen one fully intact. Thanks in advance!
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From the album: Calvert Cliffs
Whelk, Siphonal devexa Aperture view Middle Miocene St. Leonard, Maryland Choptank Formation Drum Cliff Member This is one of four I found in the fallen matrix in four days of excavation. It is the only one that I found intact.© Heather JM Siple 2018
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From the album: Calvert Cliffs
Whelk, Siphonal devexa Aperture view Middle Miocene St. Leonard, Maryland Choptank Formation Drum Cliff Member This is one of four found in the fallen matrix in four days of excavation. It is the only one that was found intact.© Heather JM Siple 2018
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Excavated from landslide material approximately 1/2 mile nw of Matoaka beach access. Found 4 that week. Two survived excavation. This is the only one discovered intact.
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From the album: Fossil Flourescence
A whelk shell of the family Busyconidae viewed under natural light at left and under short-wave ultraviolet light at right.© c 2017 Heather J M Siple
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From the album: Fossil Flourescence
A volute shell, Scaphella sp., viewed under natural light at left and under short-wave ultraviolet light at right.© c. 2017 Heather J M Siple
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This nice little left handed whelk was one of several of these I found that day. But was by fare the nicest.
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This small specimen is right at 1" and has magnificent preservation.
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I have some fossils that were unearthed when my aunt was digging ponds on our property. I teach 8th grade science and would like to use them in my fossil unit. Can anyone identify these and give me a rough age? I will post additional fossil pictures in the reply area.