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sasha_feather ([personal profile] sasha_feather) wrote in [community profile] common_nature2020-06-13 07:26 pm

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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.

Freshwater bivalve shell

Outside pictured below the cut.


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