> Opalia borealis Keep, 1881. See the attached photo
> from the PNWSC website. We do not find this shell intertidally within Puget
> Sound although it may appear subtidally.  I would guess the shell Harry has
> posted is a different species entirely.  The discussion has been
> fascinating. Thanks, Bert Bartleson, President PNWSC, Olympia, WA

As a kid in 1972 or thereabouts I collected numerous living Opalia
borealis on the southern part of Vancouver Island; they live there on
a broad flat midtidal rock platform with scattered boulders. I
remember this as Sombrio Beach, but on visiting Sombrio Beach (or what
is signposted as such) last year I realized that the locality is
somewhere else on that stretch of coast. The trees have grown and you
can no longer look down the slope to the sea, so I didn't waste my
time attempeting to look further. Wish the heck I knew where exactly
my locality really is!

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Regards
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
Fossil preparator
Mollusc, Toyota & VW van fanatic

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