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This display has been taken down but most of the specimens are now displayed in the large case ("Crab case") at the South-East corner of the Museum.

Acquisition #sort descending Common Name Species Name Image Period Location
1670??
Mammal jaw and teeth
photo of a Mammal jaw and teeth
1976??
Mussel Myliticus californianius
photo of a Mussel
Rio Dell
197??
Giant Barnacle Cluster
photo of a Giant Barnacle Cluster
989??
Cockle shell Clinocardium meekianum
photo of a Cockle shell
Rio Dell
L-01
Fossil assemblage
photo of a Fossil assemblage
Scotia Bluffs
L-02
Scallop (immature) Pectin caurinus
photo of a Scallop (immature)
Ferndale
L-03
Moon snails Nautica clausa
photo of a Moon snails
Rio Dell
L-04
Giant Pacific Scallop Pectin caurinus
photo of a Giant Pacific Scallop
Centerville Beach
L-05
Thaididae Thai lamellosa
photo of a Thaididae
L-06
Fossil whale bone
photo of a Fossil whale bone
Bridgeville
L-07
Sand dollars Scutellaster major
photo of a Sand dollars
Rio Dell
L-08
Sand dollars Scutellaster major
photo of a Sand dollars
Rio Dell
L-09
Neptune snail and extinct cokle shell Neptunia smirnia and Cinocardium meekianum
photo of a Neptune snail and extinct cokle shell
Rio Dell
L-10
Gastropods Antiplanes perversa
photo of a Gastropods
Rio Dell
L-11
Littelneck clams Protothaca stayleyi
photo of a Littelneck clams
Rio Dell
L-12
Whale barnacle Coronula sp.
photo of a Whale barnacle
Rio Dell
L-13
Littelneck clams Protothaca stayleyi
photo of a Littelneck clams
Rio Dell
L-14
Crab claw
photo of a Crab claw
Rio Dell
L-15
Clam Macoma addicotti
photo of a Clam
Rio Dell
L-16
Carbonized wood (coal)
photo of a Carbonized wood (coal)
Fortu na
L-17
Razor clam Siliqua oregonensa
photo of a Razor clam
Rio Dell
L-18
Mussels Myliticus condoni
photo of a Mussels
Blue Lake
L-19
Sea urchin Strongylocentrotus sp.
photo of a Sea urchin
Eureka