--- Joellen Taves <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi, Shellers.  I am taking a business trip to the LA
> area very soon. It occurred to me that I might
> incorporate some shelling into the trip.  Does
> anyone have any recommendations for shelling sites
> between Los Angeles and San Diego? I generally look
> for dead shells on beaches.  Thank you. Joellen.

Most of Southern California's sandy beaches are
relatively unproductive unless you are able to catch a
really low tide and  he right beach topography.  Then,
try to walk a beach that is fairly flat and you might
be rewarded with a few nice shells (I found two
beautiful articulated specimens of Amiantis callosa in
Seal Beach that way in early August).

Mud flats are also very good places to look at during
a good low tide.  The mud flats at the entrance to
Anaheim Bay in Sunset Beach, for example, will yield
decent specimens in good condition of many interesting
mollusks.

Check out the beaches in northern San Diego County.
Many of these were replenished with sand (and shells)
dredged up from off shore about a year or so ago and,
while most of that material has since washed away, I'm
willing to bet that there are still many interesting
deeper water shells on some of those beaches.

Contact me off list for more specific details.


Phil Liff-Grieff



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La Crescenta, CA  91214
(818) 541-1232
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