generally i havent found too many live tellins at a time, most of the
inshore ones are smaller and not much of a meal...but on the west
coast of florida there are certainly large numbers of dead ones, again
none very big. big commercial species like Mya and Mercenaria and
Mytilus generally occur in large numbers when you find them, which
enhances the commercial aspect.  the question might better be asked of
the larger relatives, the Macomas. some of the species are bigger and
fairly abundant, eg in the northwest.....

On 5/8/12, Ellen Bulger <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> I haven't ever collected a live Tellin. But I never went at a sand flat
> with a clam rake. Do they mass that much less than mussels or steamers? I
> guess Tellin shells are flatter than mussel shells. But no flatter than
> *Mya
> arenaria. *The trick would be to have a bucketful of them, and perhaps a
> bit of melted butter for dipping.
>
> Thinking on it, a steamer hardly fits in his shell. So you may be right.
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 7:15 PM, steve rosenthal <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> you're gonna need to eat a lot of tellins to get the same amount of
>> fiber thats in this box of Total.
>>
>> I think conch-l has gone down this similar road before,  with donax
>> not too long ago? and other marine gunk, so here goes. i cant speak to
>> tellins, but a few years back i invited an acquaintance from theW
>> American Littoral Society who lived close by, and who was very
>> knowledgable about our local marine invertebrates, to visit one of our
>> more interesting local shorelines with me. During this escapade, we
>> found quite a lot of different things from various phyla, i discovered
>> he knew our local crabs very well, but although he knew most of our
>> local mollusks, he wasnt very skilled finding them live. He told me he
>> liked to sample, in an eating way, whatever he would find, just out of
>> curiosity. By the end of the outing, we had assembled for him a  nice
>> "harvest
>> ' of live slipper shells, false angel wings, jingle shells and a few
>> others that were smaller and even less appealing to imagine as food.
>> When i spoke to him sometime later i asked him how everything had
>> tasted. his review wasnt exactly glowing, but as he noted, he didnt
>> get sick.
>>
>> On 5/8/12, Ellen Bulger <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> > Have any of you conch-Lers eaten Tellins? Know someone who has? I'm
>> > curious.
>> >
>>
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