{"id":13263,"date":"2013-01-08T19:15:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T00:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/?p=13263"},"modified":"2013-05-09T17:51:19","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T21:51:19","slug":"seashell-star-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iloveshelling.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/08\/seashell-star-of-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Seashell Star Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Let the Shellabaloo<\/strong><\/a> begin with a bang!!! That’s right folks! On our first day of the Island Inn shelling extravaganza, Joe from Ohio found a very rare (for this area) LONG-SPINED STAR SHELL<\/strong><\/a>! Holy Toledo! Ok, (hee hee) he’s not from Toledo, Ohio… he and his wife Patty are from Akron and had no idea what this shell was.<\/p>\n

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Joe thought it was maybe the top of a cracked shell but as soon as I saw it I knew it was a rare find. For some reason I said it was a “sundial” and it stuck in my head since Im not used to seeing LONG-SPINED STAR SHELLS on our beaches. Whoops! So embarrassing! I’ve even blogged about LONG-SPINED STAR SHELLS when we found a few on a vacation to The Keys<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Here is Joe’s LONG-SPINED STAR SHELL in his hand to show you how big it is…<\/p>\n

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Congratshellations! And guess what… He didn’t even consider himself a real “sheller”. He just agreed to go on this vacation since Patty is an avid sheller. Ha! I think he might be hooked on shelling now too, huh? Here’s the aperture side of the shell.<\/p>\n

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I have got soooo many photos to show you since we’ve all been have a ball shelling and hanging out together but I had to post this first thing. I’ll have more photos and stories coming soon! But wait… now that I’m on the subject of Joe and his awesome shelling skills, I have to show you another beautiful shell he found too… a LIGHTNING WHELK! \u00a0The mollusk was alive inside it so he had to put it back in the water where he found it but it is always a thrill to see this awesome creature.<\/p>\n

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I promise to get to everybody else and their found treasures very soon so I can introduce you to all of these fabulous shellers like …<\/p>\n

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…and like these fabulous shellers too!<\/p>\n

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