#tritia

[snailspotter]

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Diagnosis: Tritia pellucida Common name: Cyclops Nassa

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[philoursmars]

Marseille. Visite, à la Villa Méditerranée, de la réplique de la Grotte Cosquer (pas de photos possibles, hélas) et de son musée avec vue sur le Port de la Joliette. Ici, quelques fac-simile :

Coiffe de la Dame du Cavilllon (coquillages Tritia, craches de cerf (késaco ?!), structure en fibres d'ortie) - Vintimille, Ligurie, Italie, -24.000 ans

Pendeloque avec gravure de cachalot - grotte de Bourouilla (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), -15.0000ans

Bois de renne avec gravures de phoques, poissons, êtres serpentiformes - Grotte de Montgaudier (Charente), -15.000 ans

[morphons]

Beach finds from Durgan Beach, Grebe Beach, and Trebah Beach on the Helford River near Falmouth, Cornwall. 8 November 2019. 

1 king scallop (Pecten maximus) shell pair, which were found attached, but became unattached when the remanants of their previous occupant were removed. Apart from needing emptying and cleaning, it’s a perfect pair, inside and out – no holes or keel worm deposits. Grebe Beach.

1 rayed artemis (Dosinia exoleta) shell pair, attached. Trebah Beach.

3 common periwinkles (Littorina littorea). Grebe and Durgan beaches.

5 netted dog whelks (Tritia reticulata). Grebe and Durgan beaches.

21 flat periwinkles (Littorina obtustata) in a beautiful range of colours. Mostly from Durgan Beach.

1 spotted cowrie (Trivia monacha). Durgan Beach.

2 grooved top shells (Jujubinus striatus). Durgan Beach.

4 grey top shells (Gibbula cineraria). Grebe and Durgan beaches.

3 flat top shells (Gibbula umbilicaulis). Grebe and Durgan beaches.

1 thick top shell (Phorcus lineatus). Durgan Beach.

11 turban top shells (Gibbula magus). Trebah Beach.

2 weathered scallop fragments. Trebah Beach.

17 pieces of sea glass, collected from all three beaches. 

5 pieces of ceramic, although the small one may be melamine; it glows under uv light. One is stoneware, and the other three are white porcelain/china/clay? Also from all three beaches.

[iamsssony-blog]

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[morphons]

Beach finds from Par Sands and Polkerris Beach, Cornwall. 29 November 2019.

12 surf clam (Spisula solida) halves.

1 hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) half – not confident with this id.

2 rayed artemis (Dosinia exoleta) halves.

5 banded venus (Clausinella fasciata) halves.

1 thin tellin (Tellina tenuis) pair.

1 blue rayed limpet (Patella pellucida).

1 striped venus (Chamelea gallina) pair, + 5 halves.

1 rayed trough shell (Mactra stultorum) half.

1 painted top shell (Calliostoma zizyphinum).

1 flat periwinkle (Littorina obtusata).

2 netted dog whelks (Tritia reticulata).

and probably the last weathered shell fragment I’ll collect. I’d already stopped picking these up, however perfect, and only took this one to make a point about omitting this object type from beach hauls from now on.

23 glass fragments, 22 of which are the usual lovely rounded ones, and 1 is an unusual piece of black (very dark green) glass. The frosting on the raised concentric circles (which, if this is the base of a bottle, would have been on the inside) is perfect, and a pleasant contrast with the jagged (but worn enough to not be sharp) edges.

[morphons]

Beach finds from multiple walks between Penzance and Marazion during February 2020. 

1 banded wedge shell (Donax vittatus) pair.

2 painted top shells (Calliostoma zizyphinum), 1 large, 1 small. 

1 very small auger shell (Turritella communis) (Bittium reticulatum).

2 sting winkles (Ocenebra erinaceus), 1 large, 1 small(er). 

18 small netted dog whelk (Tritia reticulata) shells. 

14 spotted cowrie (Trivia monacha) shells. 

137 perfect pieces of sea glass - my favourite by far from this month is the incredibly bright turquoise one on the bottom row.

6 pottery fragments, all white porcelain: 1 dark blue, probably willow pattern, could be tiles on a roof with a tree branch in front of it; 1 mid-blue flower and leaf design; 1 with only a few dark blue lines visible, possibly the edge of a design (plate?); 1 mid blue criss cross pattern surrounded by leaves and fruit; 1 mid-blue circles and lines pattern, probably the edge of a design (plate?); 1 very sharply detailed design in black, with an ornate leaf, a flag that says ‘YARMOUTH’ backwards, and the letters ‘WITH’, which could be the word on its own or the beginning of another. 

[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]

Beach finds from between Penzance and Marazion. 24 December 2019.

1 bivalve shell half that I’m unsure about but reckon is either a pullet carpet shell (Venerupis corrugata) or a grooved carpet shell (Ruditapes decussatus).

1 netted dog whelk (Tritia reticulata).

6 pottery fragments:

warm grey with cool grey stripes (again!)

white with a small part of possibly a leaf painted in tiny brown dots

white with forest green design, also possibly leaves

white with dark blue either leaves or catkins, or maybe seaweed?

white with mid-blue design, maybe part of willow pattern

and white with plain sky blue.

129 pieces of sea glass, including lots of large ones (which makes laying them out like this much harder), perhaps even the largest perfect one I’ve found so far - top right.