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[*] posted on 2-5-2005 at 01:11 PM
How many pesos to the sand dollar?


I used to think that sand dollars grew to a fairly large size until we came across these little sand dollars (already dead).

These look like Mellita longifissa, the slit sand dollar.

Class: Echinoidea
Genus: Mellita
Species: longifissa

Sand dollars are detritivores and are found in shallow sub and intertidal areas. This species grows to between 2 and 4 cm in diamter and up to seven cm.

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[Edited on 2-6-2005 by gringorio]




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[*] posted on 2-6-2005 at 09:51 AM
Hey Gringorio, Look like treasures to me.


If I could get my hands on some of these, I forsure know what I would do with them; I would stash them in my treasure basket and someday, I would find just the right collage to stick them in. Way fun, thanks for the idea, yep, who knows, maybe someday, I will get my hands on some..........and you'll see what treasures can be.
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[*] posted on 2-6-2005 at 01:40 PM


On the beach in front of Alfonsina's I once found several of these same small sand dollars - except the ones I found were completely covered in short black hairs so think I could not see the white of the sand dollar. Even after totally dry, the black hairs stayed attached for many months. Then one day I looked at my altar and noticed that each one had shed its little hairs... all had become perfectly clean white little shells.:?:



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