(08-05-2014, 02:17 PM)paul monfils Wrote: [ -> ]Row 1 (top):
1. Looks like an Anadara, or “Ark Shell”, species uncertain.
2. Piece of a pelican foot shell, Aporrhais pespelicani.
3. Anterior end of a gastropod (snail) shell, possibly a Cymatium.
4. Piece of a clam of some kind, species unknown.
5. Piece of a scallop or pecten shell, species unknown.
6. Appears to be an astarte clam, probably the boreal astarte, Astarte borealis.
Row 2:
Glycymeris shells, commonly called “dog cockles” or “bittersweet clams”, probably Glycymeris insubrica.
Rows 3 and 4:
Cockle shells, family Cardiidae, probably more than one species,
The biggest one is probably Acanthocardia aculeata. Shell 6 in row 3 should be in row 5.
Row 5: These appear to be Chamelea striatula and/or Chamelea gallina, members of
the family Veneridae, commonly called Venus Clams.