Swimmingly yours!
BG
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gay" <ghemsath_at_att.net>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 2:30 PM
Subject: RE: NANFA-- RE: Fingernail clams vs. Corbicula
> Hello
> Why not take a Plaster of Paris mold/casting of them ?
> Like the police do of footprints & tire tracks for identification purposes
?
> Gay
> Alaska
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanfa_at_aquaria.net On Behalf Of
> Todd Crail
> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 10:57 AM
> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Subject: Re: NANFA-- RE: Fingernail clams vs. Corbicula
>
> Steve... Is there any difference in the arrangement of the teeth or even
> just how the hinge join lines up? The teeth in these both looked the
same,
> one with a smooth periostracum, and then the downstream ones, with the
> typical large ridges on what I'm sure were Corbicula.
>
> What I need to do is quit farting around and just take the danged things
> home (abandoned valves) without guilt and learn. I have 30 ways to
> rationalize this... Maybe I just need to put them down on paper and get a
> reference and get the stupid permit. <sigh>
>
> BG thanks for the response. I'll be meeting up with JT next week at the
> Tippecanoe trip, and hope to "download" a bunch of his mussel knowledge.
I
> think since I'll be making "fish" my profession here soon, I'll take up
> mussels as my "hobby" :)
>
> Todd
>
> SHasloue_at_kdhe.state.ks.us wrote:
> The periostracum on Corbicula is ridged (like elevated "growth rings") vs.
> smooth on fingernail clams (family Sphaeriidae).
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