Wentletraps -Angulate vs. Humphrey

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More ImagesHumphrey vs. Angulate?GastropodAuger-Shaped - wentletraps (Epitoniidae)Angulate Wentletrap Epitonium angulatum (Say)Description: (1 inch) High, slender, glossy spire. Each whorl with nine to 10 strong ribs, each slightly angled on the whorl shoulder. Smooth spaces between ribs. Round aperture. Operculum. Color: Shiny white interior and exterior. Reddish brown operculum.Habitat: Occasionally...

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Common Nutmeg Cancellaria reticulata (Linnaeus)

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This shell came about from beach-combing,and a lady I met on the beach gave it to me. I've never found a common nutmeg shell before, so I had only one shell to share images of. This shell appears to match the shape, description and image found in the NC Sea Grant Seashell field guide.Click for 320 px imageClick for 320 px imageClick for 320 px imageMore common nutmeg images and further informationGastropodMudsnail-Shaped...

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Dark Variety Lettered Olive

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I found these lettered olives (Oliva sayana) on the beach today. It was unusual finding an olive this large, but the dark color... love it.All images posted hereSally Thomas: Read Orrin Pilkey's How to Read a NC Beach, Chapter 6 pg 113 on the subject of brown and black shells. These are secondary colorations and a result of the reaction of iron to either oxygen (brown or rust of iron oxide) or sulfur...

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Alternate Tellin (Say)

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Sharon: This shell I have is very thin, it's not very wide, the texture is sort of like glass and very shiny.The closest description I've found in the NC Sea Grant field guide is the Alternate Tellin and the fragile surfclam seems to resemble it also.Click for 320 px imageClick for 320 px imageClick for 320 px imageClick for 320 px imageClick for 320 px imageClick for 320 px imageClick for 320 px...

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About the Contributors

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Sally Thomas works as a volunteer with the North Carolina Aquariums.Terri Hathaway: I, too, love learning about the natural and life history of marine organisms. They just fascinate me. Guess that's why I went into marine biology (BS degree from UNC Wilmington). I worked as Education Curator at the NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island for 18.5 years before taking this job with NC Sea Grant 2.5 years ago....

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Humphrey Wentletrap - Epitonium humphreysii

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Beautiful wentletraps! I've found only a few of those myself. I treasure them! Definitely look like Humphrey wentletraps to me.Terri K. HathawayMarine Education SpecialistNorth Carolina Sea Granthttp://www.ncseagrant.org/Click for 320px imageClick for 320px imageClick for 320px imageClick for 320px imageClick for 320px imageClick for 320px imageClick for 320px imageClick for 320px imageClick for 320px...

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Barnacles, Et Cetera

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Sharon: I find lots of interesting things on the beach, some of it, I'm not always quite sure what it is...Sally Thomas: lots of different worm snails, hard corals, barnacles on cockle shell, but I guess you already knew that. I see nothing that resembles an urchin test as suggested, more like a riddles bivalve. Not much help. SallyTerri: top 9 photos have pieces from what I say are Knorr's (or Florida)...

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