I agree with Dan... it's a purple-hinged rock scallop, Crassadoma gigantea
Rick Harbo
Nanaimo, B.C.
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From: "Dan Yoshimoto" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: Mystery Bivalve
> Hi Avril,
> It sure looks like a well worn Purple Hinged Scallop valve to me.
> (Crassadoma gigantea (Gray, 1825)
> Dan Yoshimoto
>
>
>>Hello Conchlers,
>>
>>
>>
>>I have a lady looking for help identifying a ? fossil bivalve from a beach
>>in California. Her Mystery Page can be viewed at:
>>http://www.manandmollusc.net/Mystery_shell_pages/Donna2-mystery.html
>>
>>Any and all help will be appreciated.
>>
>>Thank you and all the best,
>>
>>
>>
>>Avril Bourquin
>>
>>Invermere, British Columbia
>>
>>
>>
>>Email: [log in to unmask]
>>
>>URLs:
>>
>>http://www.manandmollusc.net
>>
>>http://www.directory.manandmollusc.net/molluscs/
>>
>>
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>><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
>>font-family:Arial'>Hello Conchlers,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
>>
>><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
>>font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
>>
>><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
>>font-family:Arial'>I have a lady looking for help identifying a ? fossil
>>bivalve from a beach in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
>>w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>.
>>Her Mystery Page can be viewed at: <a
>>href="http://www.manandmollusc.net/Mystery_shell_pages/Donna2-mystery.html"
>>title="blocked::http://www.manandmollusc.net/Mystery_shell_pages/Donna2-mys
>>tery.html">http://www.manandmollusc.net/Mystery_shell_pages/Donna2-mystery.
>>html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
>>
>><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
>>font-family:Arial'>Any and all help will be
>>appreciated.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
>>
>><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
>>font-family:Arial'>Thank you and all the
>>best,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
>>
>><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
>>font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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>><p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 color=purple face="Script MT Bold"><span
>>style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Script MT Bold";color:purple'>Avril
>>Bourquin</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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>> face=Arial><span
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>>y><font
>> size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>,
>><st1:State
>> w:st="on">British
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>><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
>>font-family:Arial'>Email: <a
>>href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</a></span></font><o:p></o:p
>>></p>
>>
>><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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>>
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>>font-family:Arial'><a
>>href="http://www.manandmollusc.net">http://www.manandmollusc.net</a></span>
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>>
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>
> Dan, Hiromi & Kuma Yoshimoto
> Eureka, California
> U.S.A.
>
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