Hello all,
     My friend Brian Cassie and I are trying to put together an exhaustive
list of all the mollusks that have ever made it to a beach between SW Long
Island, New York and Eastport, Maine.  We are up to over 170 species so
far primarily based on our own experiences and what literature we could
track down on the NY-New England area.  We are really trying to make the
list as complete as possible and I figured what better place to find help
with this project than the vast and knowledgeable shell enthusiasts on
Conch-L.  Below I have provided a list of all the shells we have NOT
confirmed ever washing up on a beach in the area.  The list below consists
of many species that either seemed remotely possible or in some cases
probably just wishful thinking.  If any one on Conch-L can add any of
these species (or perhaps other deep water/uncommon species I failed to
provide) to our list, we would greatly appreciate it!  If you want to
contact me outside of Conch-L, please use [log in to unmask] (my hotmail
account blocks unfamiliar addresses).  Let me apologize in advance to the
sticklers for any outdated names (I took all my information directly from
American Seashells vol. 2).

The Unconfirmed List:
Acirsa borealis (costulata), Calliostoma occidentale, Calliostoma bairdii,
Couthouyella striatula, Atlanta peronii, Capulus ungaricus, Trichotropis
borealis, (any Buccinum other than undatum), Colus ventricosus, Caelatus
spitzbergensis, Neptunea despecta, Ptychatractus ligatus, Marginella
roscida, (any of the many “Lora” species, i.e. Propebella, Oenopota,
Pleurotomella), Cylicha gouldi, Scaphander punctostriatus, (any
Philine, “Tusk,” Pteropod, Clio, or Cavoline species), Nucula atacellana,
Nucula tenuis, Nuculana acuta, Nuculana pernula, Nuculana minuta, Nuculana
tenuisulcata, Nuculana messanensis, Yoldia amygdalea, Yoldia sapotilla,
Yoldia myalis, Portlandia lucida, Portlandia frigida, (any Bathyarca
species), (any Limopsis species), Crenella descussata, Crenella faba,
Musculus corrugatus, Aequipecten glyptus, Aequipecten phrygium, Palliom
striatum, Delectopecten vitreus, Thyasira trisinuata, Thrysira flexuosa,
Kellia suborbicularis, Astarte elliptica, Astarte montagui, Astarte
subaequilatera, Clinocardium ciliatum, Serripes groenlandicus, Spisula
polynyma, Siliqua squama, Solen viridis, Tellina versicolor, Tellina
tenella, Macoma calcarea, Mya truncata, Corbula swiftiana, Hiatella
striata, Panomya arctica, Lyonsia arenosa, Pandora inornata, Pandora
glacialis, Thracia myopsis, Thracia septentrionalis, Periploma papyratium,
Periploma fragile, Poromya granulate, Verticordia ornate, (any Cuspidaria
species).

I thank you so much, all of you who braved reading this long list!  PS, if
you have non-beach collecting experiences regarding these species, I
wouldn’t mind hearing about that too.  Though our final list will contain
strictly beach found species, my shell interest is Northeast through and
through and love to hear rare shell collecting stories (as well as
detailed directions to where you found the shells!).

Thanks so much for your help, Kevin

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