| Gastropod
casts can be found very commonly amongst the pyrite accumulations on
the beach. It is very difficult to identify most of the species from
the casts. When the gastropods begin to wash from the clay after a fall,
they often retain their shells, however within one or two tides, the
shell is damaged and washed away. The shell is filled with pyrite, so
when the shell is completely gone, all that remains is the cast. Finding
specimens in the condition of those illustrated is very difficult, so
that when found are highly prized by collectors of London clay fauna. |
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Acrilla
cymaea
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Acteon
sp.
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Aporrhais
sowerbii
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Bartonia
curta
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Bathytoma
granata
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Aurinia
wetherelli
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Falsifusus
londini
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Bonellita
laeviuscula
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Ficopsis
multiformis
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Euspira
glaucinoides
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