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Very few found on beach after a 35 mph nor-Easter storm.
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This species of jingle shell is as common on Sanibel as it is on the beaches of New York State and New Jersey. These bivalves are called jingle shells because if you shake a handful of beach drift valves in your closed hands, it makes a very nice jingling sound. Most of the time you only find the upper valve of a jingle in the beach drift, but under certain conditions whole shells wash up with both valves still joined together. The lower valve has a hole in it through which the living bivalve is attached to the substrate.
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Not too much in the way of novelty at Hamo a few days ago. Not that I would have noticed while trying to survive the bitter wind. We did find this perfect little jingle shell, though. I don't think I'd ever seen the pearly, translucent lower shell before.
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Not too much in the way of novelty at Hamo a few days ago. Not that I would have noticed while trying to survive the bitter wind. We did find this perfect little jingle shell, though. I don't think I'd ever seen the pearly, translucent lower shell before.
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Always a treat to see this fragile shell more or less intact. This example is about 20mm across.
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Several specimens attached to a Spisula shell and being encrusted by Didemnum. Collected by scallop dredge.
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Here is an array of the (abundant) Common Jingle shells. Broken pieces were far more numerous than intact examples like these.
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Here is an array of the (abundant) Common Jingle shells. Broken pieces were far more numerous than intact examples like these.
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Here is a large intact example from Lighthouse Beach.
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Here is a large intact example from Lighthouse Beach.
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We encountered a few of these small oval, inflated shells which have the same color, texture, and fragility of Jingle shells, but they are characteristically oval with about 10 low radiating ridges. I'd originally identified them as Jingle shells but I'm not sure now. Opinions would be appreciated. TL typically about 15 mm.
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We encountered a few of these small oval, inflated shells which have the same color, texture, and fragility of Jingle shells, but they are characteristically oval with about 10 low radiating ridges. I'd originally identified them as Jingle shells but I'm not sure now. Opinions would be appreciated. TL typically about 15 mm.
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We encountered a few of these small oval, inflated shells which have the same color, texture, and fragility of Jingle shells, but they are characteristically oval with about 10 low radiating ridges. I'd originally identified them as Jingle shells but I'm not sure now. Opinions would be appreciated. TL typically about 15 mm.
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Canaveral Nat'l Seashore
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