Hello,

Just a detail, if it's help : Tellina tenuis, or "telline" in french, is an
eatable specie. It's very tastefull with garlic, parsley and olive oil :-)

Bruno Mathé
www.zonatus.com


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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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