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Bivalves found on Ocean Isle Beach and Sunset Beach, North Carolina Copyright 2007 Jo O'Keefe All Rights Reserved |
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Pinctada
imbricata. Röding, 1798 Atlantic Pearl-oyster, Sunset Beach, NC,
09/15/08
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Pinctada
imbricata, Röding, 1798 Atlantic Pearl-oyster, Ocean Isle Beach,
NC, 07/09/07
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Blue
Mussel, Edisto Island, SC, 04/28/07
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Angel
Wing
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Giant
Atlantic Cockle
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Saw-toothed
Pen Shell
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Stiff
Pen Shell, 10 1/2 inches long
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Giant
Atlantic Cockle, small, siphon on left and exiting shell on right
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Channeled
Duck Clam
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Angel
Wings
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Disk
Dosinia
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Ponderous
Ark Shells
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Incongruous
Ark Shell
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Giant
Atlantic Cockle
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Shipworm
clam shell lining of the tube the clam made burrowing into the wood.
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Prickly
Cockle Shells
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Common
Egg Cockle Shells
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Cross-barred
Venus Shells
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Imperial
Venus Clams
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Southern
Quahogs, Mercenaria campechiensis -- juvenile
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Scallop
Shell amidst clams and coquina shells
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Arca
imbricata Bruguière, 1789 Mossy Ark
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Coquina
Shells
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Quahog
Clams
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Sunray
Venus
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Atlantic
Surf Clams
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Common
Jingle Shells -- The whole ones were found on Cherry Grove Beach, SC,
about six miles from my home.
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Stiff
Pen Shell
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Saw-toothed
Pen Shell
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Crosshatched
Lucines
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Tellins
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Atlantic Wing Oysters, on Sea Whip in bottom photo
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Atlantic
Jackknife Clams
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Razor
Clam
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Hooked
Mussels
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Ribbed
Mussels
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Lioberus
castanea (Say, 1822) Chestnut Mussel, found six miles away on Cherry
Grove Beach, SC
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Mussells,
Brachidontes exustus,
found on Edisto Island, SC, 01/19/07
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Oysters
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