#cerastoderma

[morphons]

Beach finds from between Penzance and Marazion. 23 January 2020.

common cockle (Cerastoderma edule) shell half, about a third of the size of the average adult shell.

flat periwinkle (Littorina obtusata) shell, another white one, much larger this time. 

3 netted dog whelk (Tritia reticulata) shells, half size or smaller than the average adult, the one on the right only 7mm long. 

3 snails of uncertain ID, either young dog whelks (Nucella lapillus), or the same species found in St Ives last month (possibly Lacuna crassior).

another snail of uncertain ID, so far I’m guessing it’s a very young turban top shell (Gibbula magus).

3 European, or spotted cowrie (Trivia monacha) shells. 

tube of cemented sand grains and shell fragments created by the sand mason worm (Lanice conchilega).

3 ceramic fragments: 1 of the usual warm grey with cool grey lines material; 1 similar, but with lines closer together; and 1 blue, rounded, possibly the edge of a container.

57 glass fragments, including a huge yellowy-clear piece, another stopper fragment, and half of a bottleneck with the thread inside still faintly visible. 

[morphons]

Objects collected (mostly beach finds, but also including three seed pods from further inland) from between Hayle and Godrevy, St Ives Bay, Cornwall. 28 October 2019.

5 weathered shell fragments from dog cockles (Glycymeris glycymeris), and one from some other bivalve.

1 striped venus clam (Chamelea gallina) shell half.

6 pieces of glass - not as good quality as what can be found between Penzance and Marazion, but frosted and without imperfections.

7 common cockle (Cerastoderma edule) shell halves.

and from Hayle town, growing in a roadside green next to Copperhouse Pool, three Furcraea parmentieri seed pods, two of which I sowed the seeds from, and the other one remains closed until spring. They germinated after 3 weeks. 🌱

[morphons]

Beach finds from between Penzance and Marazion. 6 October 2019.

Common periwinkle (Littorina littorea).

Common cockle (Cerastoderma edule) shell half.

2 weathered bivalve fragments

5 ceramic fragments: 1 plain white with ribs, 1 willow pattern edge design, and 3 of the same - or similar - light blue material. 

112 pieces of sea glass, including an odd pink one, which is clear but stained pink on one side, so the effect is more like glazed ceramic. I found more of that particular glass up in St Ives recently; whatever the object was, the pink ‘glaze’ is on the concave side (inside?).