Category: Mollusks

Common Periwinkle (Searsport, Maine) Littonia littorea

Atlantic Blue Mussel or Common Mussel (Searsport, Maine) Mytilus edulis

Northern Quahog or Hardshell Clam or Littleneck (Searsport, Maine) Mercenaria mercenaria

Milk Snail (Perry, Florida) Otala lactea

Blood Ark (Biloxi, Mississippi) Anadara ovalis

Stout Tagelus or Stout Razor Clam (Biloxi, Mississippi) Tagelus plebeius

Hooked Mussel (Biloxi, Mississippi) Ischadium recurvum

Common Slipper (Searsport, Maine) Crepidula fornicata I had the chance to poke around in the intertidal zone today with Tim and Tom Davis. we found LOTS of really big slipper shells near the low tide line. The Common Slipper is native to the shores of the Eastern US, but has been introduced in many other…

Tortoise Shell Limpet (Searsport, Maine) Acmaea testudinalus I found a nearly intact limpet shell this morning, along the line of seaweed left by the last high tide. When I was snorkeling a week or so ago, I saw lots of them on the rocks mixed in with the barnacles and whelks. I remember hunting for…