indeed, i have some paired subfossil oysters from the bayside of jones
beach state park  in new york  that are 8-8.5 inches long, and quite
wide and heavy too. a few years ago, while leading a hike through the
same area for the Nassau Hiking and Outdoors Club, one hiker found a
paired one that she later measured at nine inches.


On 5/25/12, Allen Aigen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> During Colonial times through early 1800's, garbage was used till build up
> the land area of southern Manhattan.  Excavations often have oyster shells
> (Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin, 1791) that are easily 8 inches or longer,
> elongate but not wide.  The oyster industry in NYC crashed from pollution,
> but they are coming back, not yet commercial though.Allen
> [log in to unmask] Island, NY
>
> --- On Fri, 5/25/12, Ellen Bulger <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> From: Ellen Bulger <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [CONCH-L]
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Friday, May 25, 2012, 9:19 AM
>
> Ah, the massive oyster is long gone. All that remains is a massive bottle of
> cocktail sauce and a couple of stale oyster crackers the size of a pillow.
> What happened to the jumbo bivalve is a mystery for the cryptozoologists,
> who will turn their attention to it as soon as they tire of Bigfoot.
>

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