Andrew,

I've opened my bivalve (Westy), and cannot see any "muscle scars".
Perhaps I need to me in the southern hemisphere to get a low enough
light angle??

Never suspected VWs were mollusks.

;-)

Thank you,

Karl Wolz

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>Hi, Andrew!
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>Here is the first view; I don't seem to be able to send both views
>on the same e-mail, evem though I've followed instructions; and if I
>put them both in a folder, nobody can seem to open it.
>
>Here goes,
>Linda
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Hi Linda

Those sure look like lepadomorph scuta to me. I was fooled by a
Recent one too... had it cataloged as an aplysiomorph (seahare)
gastropod for a few years... Bruce Marshall spotted my mistake.

If you look closely you will see that there is not a bivalve hinge
structure; if held under a strong low-angle elgih, the muscle scars
will be nonmolluscan also.

I attach an image of my fossil specimen (cc to list will strip it);
it is an unusually strongly-sculptured form. Measures about 30mm, so
it's a huge gooseneck, too. I will have John Buckeridge, a barnacle
specialist, examine it when he's down in Dunedin for the Geological
Society Conference in November. And if I'm right, it will be
recataloged in the Geology Dept collection!
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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
64 (3) 473-8863
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Fossil preparator
Seashell, Macintosh & VW/Toyota van nut
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