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Oops!
It does have nacre! SO I'm right back where I started
from witha white mussel (some light brown left on outside)
and white nicre inside. I.d.?
Thanks,
Linda
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On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 13:19:02 -0400
bivalve <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>Try Mytilopsis leucophaeara(sp?). Does it have a small
>>platform on the inside near the tip?<
>
>Mytilopsis spp. are relatives of the zebra mussel rather
>than true mussels. Instead of nacre, they have
>porcellaneous shells (similar to most mollusks). If the
>inside is not mother of pearl, it is probably not a true
>mussel.
>
> Dr. David Campbell
> Old Seashells
> University of Alabama
> Biodiversity & Systematics
> Dept. Biological Sciences
> Box 870345
> Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0345 USA
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>
>That is Uncle Joe, taken in the masonic regalia of a
>Grand Exalted Periwinkle of the Mystic Order of
>Whelks-P.G. Wodehouse, Romance at Droitgate Spa
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