We Arrive on Sanibel!

Hi guys! Last Sunday, April 5th, I arrived on Sanibel- with my family for spring break. The reason that I'm writing posts about it right now is because, in the island, I didn't have internet access. But I have it now, so let's get started!

View of the Sanibel causeway, going to the island! We arrived around 5 pm, the tide was going out.

We stayed in a lodging on Nerita Street. As soon as we arrived on the island I ran to the beach and started going through the high tide shell line (the tide was going out).

A nice Broad-ribbed Cardita amongst the shells.

Can you find the tiny Auger in this photo?

These are Tulip shell egg casings, I'm pretty sure. I took them along, since they weren't alive. I have a collection of shell egg casings. :)

This is a Purplish Tagelus. During this trip to Sanibel I found around five pairs of these- usually I find none.

Some tiny egg casings on larger Whelk egg casings. No idea what the smaller casings are, I'm still looking into it.

Aahhhhh! A Wentletrap! I found ten in my first two hours shelling on the island!

Nice little Wormie. I didn't find too many Worm shells this time around.

Second installment coming soon!

Lava of Ocean Dawn

Snow-white Seashells

In the absence of some snow-white snow, or just some snow, I have decided to look through my collection at the snow-white seashells that I have. Hope that some snow will come soon!!!!!!!

 

Let's start with some Wentletraps. These are all Angulate Wentletraps, except for the one that is perfectly vertical in the center. That one is a Humphrey's Wentletrap- it is more stretched out and the ridges are not as sharp-looking. I'll do a post and the wentletraps soon!

These here are Pennsylvania Lucines. I found a bunch of these in Fort Lauderdale on the East Coast of Florida.

The Sailor's Ear or Channeled Duck Clam. The hind-ends of this shells is flared so that the siphon protrudes.

The White baby's Ear contains a foot tat cannot be withdrawn into the shell, due to the shell being rather flat.

The Florida Spiny Jewelbox live cemented to reefs and debris at medium depths. But Florida Spiny Jewelboxes detach when still young and live freely among the sand and rubble.

The Buttercup Lucine isn't perfectly white, you can see the beautiful yellow on the inside of the shell, but I just had to include it! Both these shells and Pennsylvania Lucines can live in depths of up to 300 feet.

 

 

These are Dosinias. These mollusks have strong hinge ligaments that stay attached long after the mollusk dies. That is why you can often find double Dosinias on the beach.

 

And finally, before I go, here is a seashell pendant that I made today.

 

Bye for now!

Yaroshelllava :D