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[sasha_feather]

I found this shell in a river in Minnesota. It's from a freshwater bivalve, maybe a mussel. My brother suggested that river otters crack them open on the rocks, eat the inside, and throw away the shells. The inside is shiny mother-of-pearl, the outside is brown.



Outside pictured below the cut.

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

Oh interesting! We're not close to a river here though I imagine we might have otters in the ones in the county. I hadn't thought about what shellfish we might have around.

[sasha_feather]

It hadn't occurred to me either, so this was an educational find for me!

[earthspirits]

Very cool pics.

[sasha_feather]

Thank you!

[cmcmck]

Nice!

We now live a long way from the sea but occasionally see freshwater shells on the local river.

[sasha_feather]

Neat!

[rose_griffes]

Cool!