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Info All by George Chernilevsky -- George Chernilevsky talk 21:43, 22 June 2010 (UTC)- Info The Scallop shell Flexopecten glaber ponticus. Possible died out animal, possible extinct approximate after 1990.
Support -- George Chernilevsky talk 21:43, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
Comment - if it became extinct in 1990, how was this photo taken in 2008?? The shell in the photo looks fresh, not dead for ~20 years. - MPF (talk) 23:31, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
- Info not sure, but take a look at the VI nom --ianaré (talk) 00:06, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
Question Would you consider rotating it by 180 degrees? I think that would make it aesthetically more pleasing. I agree with MPF that this shell is highly unlikely to be 20 years old, especially if it was on the sand for that whole time. Are you sure it's correctly identified? There are plenty of types of scallop. --99of9 (talk) 04:19, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
- I now don't have this seashell, only photo. Biological identification is made correctly. The information about full extinction was printed in several editions -- George Chernilevsky talk 06:46, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
- I just mean rotating the photograph. --99of9 (talk) 11:15, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
- Sorry, but for a potentially extinct taxon photographed 20 years after its reported extinction date, this really does need a lot more information: independent verification of identity; exactly where was it photographed and in what circumstances; and whether it is an older museum shell placed on a beach specially for the photo. Can you add these, please? - MPF (talk) 18:00, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
- This seashell has attritions and bit erased edges. Its condition is far not the ideal. However it is best of the shells of this mollusc found by me at 2008-2009. It was randomly saved in Black sea. The photo is made on find place on the beach at surf zone. Geocode is correct. --George Chernilevsky talk 19:21, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks (I fear I hadn't noticed the geocode before!). However, a shell would not be in that good a condition after nearly 20 years on the beach (at most, only a few months); either it is a different species, or if the identification is correct, then it is not extinct. - MPF (talk) 00:18, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
- Support good quality, nice colors, simple and beautiful composition.--Mbz1 (talk) 13:18, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
- Support --The High Fin Sperm Whale 03:45, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
- Support Steven Walling 06:51, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
- Support --Michael Gäbler (talk) 11:17, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
- Support----Jebulon (talk) 16:28, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
Oppose - sorry, but still waiting for detailed verification of the identity, needed because the named taxon is reported to be extinct - MPF (talk) 21:59, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
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