The eyes of the Atlantic Bay Scallop.
I found this Chiton attached to a leaf, in a pile of shells at water's edge.
Characteristic rays of a purplish tagelus. Compared with an Awning clam found in same area.
Empty shell collected in the field trip with @rosenthals in 10 Oct, 2022.
Locality: muddy sand at low tide, 0-1 feet of water, low tide, bayside of Jones Beach State Park (West End), muddy cove just east of the Coast Guard Station , Wantagh, Nassau County, New York
-40.59025°N, 73.55592°W
Alive Littorina littorea on seaweed was observed in the field trip with @rosenthals in 10 Oct, 2022.
Locality: muddy sand at low tide, 0-1 feet of water, low tide, bayside of Jones Beach State Park (West End), muddy cove just east of the Coast Guard Station , Wantagh, Nassau County, New York
-40.59025°N, 73.55592°W
-Retilaskeya emersonii found in the low tide line of the Cedar Beach in the field trip with @stephanie_nyc, and @rosenthals in 6, November, 2022
Locality: low tide, Cedar Beach, Cedar Beach County Park ,by Cedar Beach Point (past the Cornell University Shellfish Research Lab/Suffolk County Marine Cooperative Building) Southold, Peconic Bay (Little
PeconicBay), Suffolk County, New York 06 Nov 2022 at -0.1 low tide
-about 10 individuals of Brown Bittium(Bittiolum alternator) were found at the high tide line on Cedar beach in the field trip with @stephanie_nyc, and @rosenthals in 6, November, 2022
Locality: low tide, Cedar Beach, Cedar Beach County Park ,by Cedar Beach Point (past the Cornell University Shellfish Research Lab/Suffolk County Marine Cooperative Building) Southold, Peconic Bay (Little
PeconicBay), Suffolk County, New York 06 Nov 2022 at -0.1 low tide
-about 10 individuals of Brown Bittium(Bittiolum alternator) were found at the high tide line on Cedar beach in the field trip with @stephanie_nyc, and @rosenthals in 6, November, 2022
Locality: low tide, Cedar Beach, Cedar Beach County Park ,by Cedar Beach Point (past the Cornell University Shellfish Research Lab/Suffolk County Marine Cooperative Building) Southold, Peconic Bay (Little
PeconicBay), Suffolk County, New York 06 Nov 2022 at -0.1 low tide
-the shell of Bruised nassa(Phrontis vibex), one of the 3 species of nassa mud snails found in the waters of Long Island was found at the high tide line on the Cedar beach in the field trip with @stephanie_nyc and @rosenthals in 6, November, 2022.
-assumed to be subfossil
Locality: low tide, Cedar Beach, Cedar Beach County Park ,by Cedar Beach Point (past the Cornell University Shellfish Research Lab/Suffolk County Marine Cooperative Building) Southold, Peconic Bay (Little
PeconicBay), Suffolk County, New York 06 Nov 2022 at -0.1 low tide