ATLANTIC SHELL COLLECTION
Collect a specimen of the following organisms and label each with a spot carrying the respective number of the organism. Spots may be painted on with enamel or glued on with Avery "Spots: and covered with clear nail polish. Look up the scientific name of each and write it in its proper form after the common name. List the phylum and class of each organism and the habitat from which it comes.
DO NOT KILL ANY ORGANISM TO COMPLETE THIS EXERCISE!
Wash each shell at the main dock and dry before applying your numbered adhesive Avery spot.
DO NOT MARK OR DEFACE ANY BOOK TO COMPLETE THIS EXERCISE!
Scientific names consist of two parts, hence they are binomial. The example we will use here is the name of humans. The first part is the name [Homo] of the genus in which the organism is classified and the second part of the binomen is called the trivial name [sapiens]. The two names together constitute the name of a species, called a specific name [Homo sapiens]. The genus name is always capitalized. The trivial name should not appear without the genus name [although H. sapiens can be used after the initial citation of Homo sapiens in a text]. The trivial name is never capitalized, even if derived from a proper name. Both are always italicized or underlined to set them apart in other text. Usage dictates that the person who named a species and the date of publication is also written with the binomen [Homo sapiens Linneaus 1758]. This provides a bibliographic trail to search out the original reference. Names may be found in text and reference books or on the Internet.
Complete this exercise on the computer as a spreadsheet in Excel and list your photograph number, too.
Common Name Scientific Name Phylum Class Habitat
1. Coquina Shells 2. Angel Wings 3. Razor Clam 4. Atlantic Jackknife Clam 5. Disk Dosinia 6. Alternate Tellin 7. Giant Atlantic Cockle Dinocardium robustum Mollusca Bivalvia Shelf 8. Saw-toothed Pen Shell 9. Atlantic Slipper Shell 10. Lettered Olive 11. Northern Moon Shell 12. Shark Eye 13. Baby’s Ear 14. Yellow Cockle 15. Sand Dollar 16. Knobbed Whelk 17. Channeled Whelk 18. Dwarf Tiger Lucine 19. Blood Ark 20. Cockle Shell 21. Spider Crab 22. Stone Crab 23. Bay Barnacle 24. Sea Whip 25. Hard Coral 26. Sponge 27. Gooseneck Barnacle 28. Blue Crab 29. Calico Crab 30. Purse Crab 31. Carolinean Ghost Shrimp 32. Ghost Crab 33. Auger 34. Sand Worm 35. Ship Worm 36. Atlantic Ribbed Mussel 37. Marsh Periwinkle 38. Eastern Oyster 39. Venus Clam 40. Oyster Drill Extra Credit for each Lightning Whelk.
Time Frame: 2-3 hours
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