Sorting

After Jackie returned from her trip to Italy, she taught me how to sort through the shells, so we could later identify them properly, I manually sift through the shells and debris, and collect the fauna, that are not broken. For the bivalves, I have to make sure there is a henge visible in order for them to be valuable for research. Cephlapods and gastropod shells must have a visible point on them as well, if this is broken, it will be harder to identify them later therefore these specimens are not collected. After each sample is sifted through. They are put in small boxes, labeled with the same specimen number that were on the outside of each envelope the sample came in. This is a tedious process. I was also made aware that Daniele will be arriving from Italy tomorrow. Pictures will be posted shortly.