I realise from a previous post that obs of dead seashells are acceptable for iNat https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/posting-obervations-of-seashells/10655 My question here relates to collections of seashells (dead, beachwashed) that I made in the past*. They are all kept separate with locality, and …

[image] nyoni-pete: growing up in a landlocked country, means that walking a beach and collecting the flotsam is particularly exciting. Growing up in a town in the mountains, 8+ hours drive from the ocean also makes it particularly exciting.

as long as you have the right date and location that they were collected, nothing wrong with it.

Yes, that is acceptable. I’ve posted images of shells from museum collections dating back many decades.

You mean found by you initially?

Pete, I do this constantly, as it is usually not practical for me to photograph every shell in-situ as I find it. Often photograph at home later and adjust the date/location. Have fun!

Oh, I’m asking about museum shells mentioned, your post does sound like it’s perfect for iNat!

Adding shells presents an opportunity to add a few observation fields. it would be fantastic if the beach combing community chose a few fields to populate - this would make it easier for others who wish to use the data and wish to filter out observations of shells found up on the beach at low tide… …

Shells do wash in from deeper water, especially during big storms, when the waves are large enough to pick shells up from deeper water and carry them in, but contrary to what some people imagine, shells do not travel long distances (like several miles or hundreds of miles) before they end up washing…

About people’s previous sets of collected shells, I would like to say, try to be absolutely sure that you never could have mixed shells from one batch with shells from another batch. That can easily happen when you are comparing shells from one place with shells from another place, perhaps in order …

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murphyslab January 1, 2021, 6:53am 2

Growing up in a town in the mountains, 8+ hours drive from the ocean also makes it particularly exciting.

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