in case anyone is interested here is a species list from five  recent
beachcombing trips by a few members of the (inactive) Long Island
Shell Club  to Welwyn Preserve, Glen Cove,  on the north shore of
Nassau County (western Long Island Sound). All visits took place from
Nov- January, 2010-2012.  Twenty eight marine species are listed
below. Emerson and Jacobson, in Shells from Cape Cod to Cape May
listed 35 marine species from nearby Bayville. We don't know the
extent of their sampling...


Littorina littorea
Littorina obtusata
Littorina saxatilis (approx. 5% banded)
Urosalpinx cinerea
Eupleura caudata
Ilyanassa obsoleta
Nassarius trivitattus
Crepidula fornicata
Crepidula plana
Crepidula convexa
Euspira heros
Euspira triseriata
Neverita duplicata
Lunatia heros
Busycotypus canalculatus
Boonea bisuturalis
Melampus bidentatus

Anadara transversa
Mytilus edulis
Geukensia demissa
Anomia simplex
Mya arenaria
Mercenaria mercenaria
Crassostrea virginica
Pandora gouldiana
Ensis directus
Petricola pholadiformis
Argopecten irradians irradians (? subfossil)


Land Shells

Neohelix solemi (some very fresh)
Cepaea nemoralis
Zonitoides sp.

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