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<p class="MsoNormal">Terrapin Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have a student working on a terrapin diet analysis project. These are from fecal samples collected when I was working on terrapins in SW Louisiana (i.e., Gulf of Mexico. We have hit a few items that are roadblocks, and we are unsure
of their identity. If you have any insight or thoughts on these items, it would be greatly appreciated.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Terp 1- Small gastropod snail on left; different than typical Littorina shells we have encountered<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Terp 2- Possibly colonial hydrozoans??? We have found a lot of this in our samples.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Terp 3- TINY gastropod snail (<2 mm)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Terp 4- ~5 mm spiked structures that are “C” shaped in cross section (maybe eliminates fish spines). They are hardened like glass.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D">Will Selman, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D">Assistant Professor of Biology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D">Box 150263<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D">Millsaps College<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D">1701 N State Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D">Jackson, MS 39210-0001<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D">Phone: 601.974.1419<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D">Fax: 601.974.1401<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:will.selman@millsaps.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">will.selman@millsaps.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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