Looks like Gryphaea (Devil's toenail); a separate family from true
oysters.

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Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Devil's Claw Fossil

Or Exogyra. Would be nice to see a close-up of the apex/hinge area.

>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: mienis
>   To: Conchologists List
>   Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 1:15 PM
>   Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Devil's Claw Fossil
>
>
>   It looks to me like a fossil oyster. Something very close to
Pycnodonta.
>   Henk Mienis
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Avril Bourquin
>     To: [log in to unmask]
>     Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 11:06 AM
>     Subject: [CONCH-L] Devil's Claw Fossil
>
>     Hello Conhlers,
>
>     I have a young fellow who found and interesting fossil that he was
> told it was a "Devil's Claw".  I have not heard i=of such a fossil and
> could not find anything on the net about it.  I set up a Mystery Page
> at:
>
http://www.manandmollusc.net/Mystery_shell_pages/Darren-Thomas-mystery.h
tml
> and I'm sure that father and son would appreciate any information you
> might be able to shed on their fossil.
>
>
>
>     Could it be a fossilized Emarginulaor some other Fissurellidae, or
> Capulidae,or Crepiulidae?  These are the only shells that I can come
> close to thinking of.
>
>     Again, any and all help would be appreciated in helping to
identify
> this fossil.
>

Regards,
Charlie

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