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Repeated upward whistles (low to high on musical scale). Intermittent brief chittering sound and periods of silence. Mostly the consistent whistle call.
Did not see the bird.

A small, 3mm valve found in mud at the edge of a rock/gravel-bottom stormwater retention pond. The 4th photo compares this valve to a Euglesa compressa I found at this same location

3.5mm, found in the midden

Male cardinal perched on corner of roof gable singing

Found in beach drift. Whorls are keeled on the left. The spire on the left side forms a deep pit.

sensu lato
Collected by a friend in the sandy part of a river.

In a freshwater pond

Swimming slow enough to catch it with a small net. When released, it started swimming upside down.

6mm. Found in a vernal pool

I really like this shot.

Found in the freshwater habitats of the Padma river charland.

Collected dead by a friend in the sandy part of a river. See the tag

Collected dead by a friend in the sandy part of a river. See the tag.

sensu lato
Collected by a friend in the sandy part of a river.

sensu lato
Collected by a friend in the sandy part of a river. The interior looks similar to some specimens of C. leana

sensu lato
Collected by a friend in the sandy part of a river.

sensu lato
Collected by a friend in the sandy part of a river. This one also has an interior similar to C. leana with the purple lateral teeth but it’s more faded in this one.

Very well-preserved.

Found inside fibres of cocos nucifera

Calling quite loudly on one of my neighbor’s fences.

most interested in the spiral shell but am unsure what any of these are, please comment and/or suggest and i'll duplicate