Mollusc Mania
For everything related to ancient mollusks!
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23 minutes agoMax Dereme posted a new specimen in the group Mollusc Mania from the myFOSSIL appMax Dereme has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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4 weeks agoMacKenzie Smith posted an image in the group Mollusc Mania from the myFOSSIL appHere is an oyster found by White Point Garden in Charleston, SC. Can anyone confirm if this is a fossil? I’ve seen people use modern shells in cement and this was found by a sidewalk. I know the city of Charleston is old too so I don’t know if this is old pavement with modern shells or an actual fossil in situ. #fossil
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Nice find MacKenzie!
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4 weeks agoMacKenzie Smith posted a new specimen in the group Mollusc Mania from the myFOSSIL app
MacKenzie Smith has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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1 month, 1 week agoJennifer Bauer posted an image in the group Mollusc Mania from the myFOSSIL appDo you have a favorite type of bivalve? Mine are pectins! #fossil
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Oysters! They are builders, water cleaners, erosion protectors, and so much more!
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I’ve changed my mind, I prefer rudists! The weird reef building clams!
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I’ll have to second rudists.
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@ian-forsythe – and some of them look like bugles!
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Trigonia!
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That’s fun. I just think everything reef building is awesome.
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1 month, 1 week agoJennifer Bauer posted an image in the group Mollusc Mania from the myFOSSIL app
Arca subrostrata Miocene bivalve from Maryland. Can anyone confirm this identification? I have an inkling that it needs updating as it was ID-ed in 1927…. #fossil
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Very nice! Looking at the Calvert Marine Museum that does seem to be the best fit. However the genus name is now Dallarca, so what you have is Dallarca subrostrata! It’s always cool to have fossils from old collections!
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@max-dereme – thank you! That’s just as I suspected! I agree, I really enjoy when the labels have the actual collection date on them!!
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I would like to throw the genus Anadara into the ring. It’s the same family but I don’t know what separates the two genera.
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@mackenzie-smith yeah it does look very similar (same family like you said), but the IDing problem is very straightforward here, just a change in genus name. Species stays the same. At the website (it seems to have a relatively large overview of all the different species), Dallarca subrostrata fits perfectly with the specimens here, and there is no mention of any Anadara species on that website (of course, more research could be done, but I’m relatively confident of the ID proposed here)
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