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Shells, Skulls from Beach Last Night

Not sure about the big skull (which animal, that it). I'm going to bleach it in hydrogen peroxide. The seagull skull is a nice one, going to get it stripped down and bleach. I want to retain the yellow color of the beak. Most of the shells shown here are these thin translucent wafers. They have slight iridescence like abalone shell colors. I've strung them together to make windchimes. I don't know what they are, can't find them in our books on seashells.

7 comments:

Evan Kahn said...

Always wondered what those were myself, did you happen to find out what skull that was??

Anonymous said...

hey now Lloyd,
them thar shells you found look like Anomia perviana , common name : pearly jingle
and a few might be the green false-jingle , or Pododesmus macroschisma .
my partner has been collecting these for years along the sonoma, mendo and humboldt coast for years , thats how i found out about them.
happy collectin'

Lloyd Kahn said...

Anonymous,

Thanks. yes, they appear to be Anomia Peruviana, maybe Monia macroschisma Deshayes: http://is.gd/eZjay. Sometimes called rock oysters.

Anonymous said...

Greetings Lloyd,

Those beauties are oyster shells in all their resplendent decay. I have collected these for my ma for years here on the Salish Sea. Thank you for your inspiring and life-giving blog.

-A

PhilM said...

I believe the large skull is from a Deer.

uncoated said...

The large skull is a Wild Boar or pig.

Lloyd Kahn said...

Uncoated,
You're right. Pretty sure it's a wild boar, not domestic pig. Thanks! It's been buried in my compost pile for 6 months now, next step is to bleach it with sttong hydrogen peroxide.

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