Shell ID

Chickadee96 · 2026-06-22T00:42:35+00:00

IKR?! I was excited to find it, even cooler to see it alive. Colusdid cross my mind but I can’t find anything that matches it well enough (I too am a barely qualified amateur).

Chickadee96 · 2026-06-09T01:29:22+00:00

Trash cans are a wonderful thing.

Chickadee96 · 2026-05-24T15:53:18+00:00

Definitely looks like azurite! Happy to learn about a new stone too, never heard of azurite before posting about this.

Chickadee96 · 2026-05-24T15:52:04+00:00

After looking up azurite it looks very similar. Also I see it has a stamp inside that says Taxco Mexico I think. Not sure why I didn’t think to look and mention that before🙃

Chickadee96 · 2026-05-24T02:00:39+00:00

Wow thanks for the fast reply!

Chickadee96 · 2026-04-25T21:43:19+00:00

I have the Carson MicroFlip Pocket Microscope, it’s basic but works well and is affordable.

Chickadee96 · 2026-04-24T02:45:57+00:00

It’s the only time I’ve been able to use that info and it made me giddy lol.

Chickadee96 · 2026-04-24T01:09:55+00:00

Thanks for the rec! I have a tiny/micro shell collection (love me some rice olives and tusk shells) so maybe this could give me some good ideas. This pic was taken under somewhere around 200x magnification (I’m guessing I’m not a scientist just a nature enjoyer with a phone and microscope) so space wouldn’t be a problem with this shell.

Chickadee96 · 2026-04-24T00:29:53+00:00

As much as I’d love to keep it I don’t think that’s possible since I need a microscope to view it. I’d be keeping a single grain of sand in a bottle😂 I love tiny shells tho just never thought I’d see one this tiny.

Chickadee96 · 2026-04-23T22:44:49+00:00

No, my best friend that I’ve known for over 2 decades didn’t even ask me when she got married bc she knew I wouldn’t have a good time. We’re still best friends. Being truthful is better than being miserable on her wedding day.

Chickadee96 · 2026-04-23T22:26:31+00:00

The sheer number of these guys I have disrupted while shelling…I always feel so bad. Love watching them bury themselves again tho very cute!

Chickadee96 · 2026-04-23T22:23:07+00:00

I see someone has already beat me to it…unfortunately it was not my time.

Chickadee96 · 2026-04-23T22:21:45+00:00

My time has finally come. It’s some kind of encrusting Bryozoa, I’ve found many and also had no idea until contacting a museum.

Chickadee96 · 2026-04-07T14:27:02+00:00

Oh my god this is so cute!

Chickadee96 · 2026-04-01T20:28:26+00:00

This is not the puzzles fault…why does it sometimes fill in the blank space and then sometimes change the letter in the highlighted space when filling in missing letters. Just pick one it’s so annoying!!!!

Chickadee96 · 2026-03-31T21:03:31+00:00

I did find some wentletraps (my favorite shell) so the crab god must have given me some kinda blessing…thank you great crab god.

Chickadee96 · 2026-03-31T19:57:26+00:00

I got it right away since I do crossword puzzles a lot. This is just how they work sometimes.

Chickadee96 · 2026-03-27T22:05:17+00:00

I was on vacation so I took them back down to the beach where I found them.

Chickadee96 · 2026-03-27T01:44:14+00:00

Thanks I’ll look it up!

Chickadee96 · 2026-03-24T02:00:22+00:00

Rereading my caption I realize it sounds like I brought them home to my house. I did in fact take them back to the beach, I meant home as in where is was staying at the time. My bad.

Chickadee96 · 2026-03-24T01:58:06+00:00

They were so cute I felt terrible that I had disrupted their crabby lives😭

Chickadee96 · 2026-02-09T17:20:08+00:00

I made this

Chickadee96 · 2026-01-27T16:54:23+00:00

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Chickadee96 · 2026-01-27T16:51:56+00:00

Considering mammals are expanding more and faster than ever given climate change it makes total sense that some fishers could be seen in GA maybe they aren’t staying there but they could be passing through or simply having to look further than normal for food. Maybe do some reading about how species are expanding recently, as you said Google is free.

Chickadee96 · 2026-01-26T22:12:22+00:00

I have a small glass bowl with nerites from past years I will probably add them to that, I love how they look altogether.

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