Probably the easiest North Carolina reference to use is this site:

http://okeefes.org/Sunset_Beach_Shells/index.htm

If you look at the page "Bivalves 1" here:

http://okeefes.org/Sunset_Beach_Shells/Bivalves_I/index.htm

And you scroll down, you will see fossil valves of Noetia limula; does that
look more or less like the valve you found?

Susan

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On 8/25/13 2:44 PM, "David Kirsh" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Yesterday, I found a valve of an ark, probably Anadara, on Topsail Island,
> North Carolina. Very solid, inflated, almost cuboidal. Beak faces anteriorly.
> Length 40mm, height 43mm. I assume this is a fossil...or I need to go back to
> Golden Guide Seashells 101.
>
> My search on the internet was not helpful. Is there a good general reference,
> either on the internet or in book form?
>
> David Kirsh
> Durham, NC
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