My mom has passed and I was thinking about photographing her sea shells she collected over her lifetime. I am 100% certain they came from the general vicinity of the Bay Area coast California. Would it be at all interesting to photograph and post them as casual observations with the location a giant…

I feel think about every possible way about this. For one thing, iNaturalist posts should usually be about the interaction between a wild organism a person. In this case, the person who had that interaction was your mother, not you. Considering this, these might be suitable for Legacy Accounts, w…

This question has been extensively discussed before. Here is one relevant thread: Value of a large collection of shells without accurate location? - General - iNaturalist Community Forum

[image] sedgequeen: find a nature center or school or club that might use these I think this is a good suggestion.

Posting one of each species may be especially useful if your mom has collected a good number or variety of species. Particularly if she had focus on species number or had collected any that were smaller than a dime (as micros tend to be rarely posted). Rather than post them as casual, I would recomm…

In the case of being potentially collected from anywhere in the world, I would totally agree, it has almost no value. However, in this case of a reasonably small location, the same species will likely be found across the entire area (although I only presume, I have no experience in the Bay Area). F…

that’s what I was thinking. there aren’t a huge amount of shells but there are several of the same species. I was just going to photo some of them. Also, I am interacting with nature as these were wild and have sat around the house most or all of my life. I have some of my own that I got when I was …

If they are the same species as the ones that you personally collected (for which you have a more accurate record) then I would just post yours and maybe only include hers as a part of a group shot. You could include the group shot in the same observation but the focus should be on your collection. …

[image] bonesigh: smaller than a dime I agree. If you do post them, prioritize the small ones because they are so often overlooked.

This scenario has been discussed extensively on the forum in some previous threads. This is probably the most recent that I know and I don’t think it’s been linked yet: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/can-i-use-photos-taken-by-my-grandparents-or-other-deceased-estate/59535 As noted above, observat…

I’ve collected shells for many years and fortunately, with a museum and science background, my shells, the ones I add to iNat, are accurately dated and located. In the past, I’ve also been a member of various shell clubs and I do know that a good deal of swopping, buying and selling goes on among t…

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