tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471350015237949416.post3857835122690684886..comments2023-10-08T05:06:08.137-07:00Comments on The Portland Naturalist: Living in a Wader WonderlandSean Footehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05058999228834534688noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471350015237949416.post-41567269906921924252014-04-25T22:14:27.230-07:002014-04-25T22:14:27.230-07:00Interesting stuff. Thanks Ken!Interesting stuff. Thanks Ken!Sean Footehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058999228834534688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471350015237949416.post-76491195755640803062014-04-25T15:25:10.048-07:002014-04-25T15:25:10.048-07:00I think your fossil is what is referred to here as...I think your fossil is what is referred to here as a 'Portland Screw'. I don't think the term refers to any particular species, just any spiralled univalve. Roach stone (the stuff that overlies the sought after, white Portland Stone) is full of them. Roach used to be discarded and so many houses (including mine) are made of it. Great to see when they're worn away in a pebble like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com