Conch-L,
 
Can someone help Brent and Jeff?  Please reply to them personally.
 
Thanks,
 
Lynn Scheu
 
 
>Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 21:33:09 -0400
>From: Jeff Yusiewicz <[log in to unmask]>
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>Organization: Yusiewicz Family
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>Subject: Can you identify?
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>We would appreciate your help identifying what I believe might be some
>type of mollusk.  My eight year old son found these unusual looking
>spiny shelled creatures in the Seneca River in Central New York State.
>The Seneca River is part of the old Erie Canal System.  This area a few
>years back was infiltrated by Zebra Mussels but this looks nothing like
>a Zebra Mussel.   It's got four very sharp points, blackish color and
>the  points are about 1.5 inches across.  I've never seen them before
>and would appreciate your help.  Do you have any idea what they are?
>Maybe it's not a Mollusk but some type of plant life?  We're baffled.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Brett and Jeff Yusiewicz
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