Eocene bivalve Varicorbula pisum from Barton / Highcliffe (UK)

Description

Moving between continents one realises the amount of stuff collected over a lifetime. I really need to lighten the load, while I may part with the objects, the memories of many happy hours spent collecting them will remain forever.
These bivalves were collected over the course of two decades from the classic Eocene site of Highcliffe / Barton on Sea along the southern coast of the UK, from the Barton Clay Formation. Unfortunately with the newly built sea defences the site is becoming less and less productive, many of the rarer species are now very hard to find. I am selling the collection species by species, so if someone needs to fill any gaps in their collection this might be a good opportunity.
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This lot:
Varicorbula pisum
(J. Sowerby 1818
)
A very common find throughout the Barton Beds, sometimes with both valves still joined. Three standalone valves ranging from 4mm to 7mm, and a complete 6mm specimen.