le 11/12/01 20:32, Kate Moses à [log in to unmask] a écrit :

> Thanks for the helpful responses so far regarding my question about
> seashells typical to Berck-sur-Mer in France.  Mary Canada is right (I'm
> impressed by your powers of deduction, Mary!), though, that I'm researching
> the shells based on 40-year-old descriptions rather than actual shells, so
> unfortunately I can't scan them and haven't seen them myself.  However,
> keyhole limpet (anyone have a guess as to a more specific variety of
> keyhole limpet for that area?) sounds and looks right, as well as tellina
> tenuis.
>
> Does anyone know if there is a common name for tellina tenuis?
>
> Also, are conch shells found on the coast of Normandy/Picardy?
>
> many thanks,
> Kate Moses
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Tellina tenuis is a very common shell along the beaches of northern France.
It is commonly named "telline" or "papillon" (butterfly shell) by children.
Only  the key-hole limpet Fissurella reticulata is found washed up on the
Normandy beaches. it has no common name because peoples  confuse with
Patella species which are named "bernique" or "chapeau chinois" (chinese
hat).
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