I love identifying and am fluent in marine bivalves (clams), gastropods (snails), and scaphopods (tusks) native to the US Gulf and Atlantic coast. That being said, I only monitor the posts from Florida and the 4 nearby states. For more difficult IDs I will often cite @marlo 's website: (technical and compare similar species with lots of pictures) https://olram9.wixsite.com/letstalkseashells but also sometimes Harry Lee’s more exhaustive list https://jaxshells.org

feel free to @ me for help or to ask for more info about why I made my ID. If you see an observation that needs another ID, don't hesitate to ping me! Even if it’s a fragment, I’ll do my best to ID it. I've gotten pretty good at IDing fragments too, it really forces you to look at the little details on every part of the shell which is why I started the Seashell Fragments Project
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/seashell-fragments

I also occasionally ID the unknown list and some common plant species in Tennessee. I like IDing coral-like bryozoans too.

About me:
I am a bonsai enthusiast (hence the username--that's how enthusiasts tend to pronounce "bonsai"), all-around science lover, white-water canoeist, hiker, nerd, mountain biker, Trekkie (Star Wars too), blackbelt (2nd degree), dungeon master, avid outdoorsman, Christian, fiddler (also mandolin), snow skier, apologist, and soon plant scientist (I'm a student at the University of Tennessee). Although my primary hobbies are now bonsai and seashells, fish was my first interest and I've been maintaining 4-9 aquariums/terrariums for the last 10 years (saltwater too). I also have two huge but very emotional wolfhounds! I’m a huge fan of Creation Magazine and mathematical fractals in complex numbers (my brother is a math genius so I also like a lot of other obscure math topics too like Catalan solids). Although I will try to take pictures of any living thing I encounter, I tend to interact most with arthropods and seashells. I am particularly interested in collecting micro seashells (mostly because they take up little space in an already large collection and few others seem to do it). I’m an enthusiast in almost everything but I have no formal training. 🖖 Live long and prosper!

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“lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your path” Proverbs 3:5-6

Profile picture: I'm holding a twisted Virginia Pine I just dug up from a steep sandstone ledge with some bonsai buddies on a collection trip.

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I believe in science; I believe in the Bible; I find it is not necessary to compromise beliefs in either but that they actually fit together perfectly. To me the geology of the Grand Canyon more closely follows being formed with a lot of water in a little time similar to Mt. St. Hellen’s canyon. I’ve found that adaptation is often just the activation and deactivation of genes and sometimes results from a gene breaking. I have yet to find any way for natural selection to introduce new useful information into the DNA sequence. I believe that coal and oil are a memorial to a global flood. I think the numerous examples of unfossilized dinosaur tissue require recent burial. I believe Genesis is history.

If you disagree, I would be happy to support a friendly debate. Or visit here where Ph.D. scientists from all different fields, from around the world, and from many different Christian denominations have come together to write myriads of articles on all topics. https://creation.com and https://answersingenesis.org

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