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Ranjeev Epa PhD @ranjeevlikesclams.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I shared this post on FB 17 years ago. I was a zoology undergrad hunting for courses to complete the credit requirements. I thought an advanced hydrogeology class would work 😁 I was never a smart kid so no one believed in me. ♥️ to my profs at Ohio uni, Mizzou for making geology fun and exciting

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Ranjeev Epa PhD @ranjeevlikesclams.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Here is a beautiful #Carditesbicolor with sand grains and #forams stuck between the radial ribs #carditidae #molluscsofsrilanka

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Ranjeev Epa PhD @ranjeevlikesclams.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Check out this very stylish indian chank shell with a ton of traces and worm tubes.

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Ranjeev Epa PhD @ranjeevlikesclams.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Anyone done refractive surgery for eyes following keratoplasty? How complicated is the procedure?

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Ranjeev Epa PhD @ranjeevlikesclams.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Happy #tracefossilthursday Check out this beautiful trace fossil #Fustiglyphus Vialov, 1971 from the #Kope Formation #ichnology #lateordovician

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Ranjeev Epa PhD @ranjeevlikesclams.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Once upon a time I dreamt of becoming a cricketer... Sanath Jayasuriya 1997

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Ranjeev Epa PhD @ranjeevlikesclams.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Happy #FossilFriday Here is a beautiful #Plio-Pleistocene #chione from #Tampa Florida, with a awesome #polydorid boring #ichnology #Caulostrepsis #annelidae

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Ranjeev Epa PhD @ranjeevlikesclams.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Happy late #molluscmonday from this beautiful #Chicoreus ramosus and all the encrusters it supports! #saccostrea #annelidworms

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Ranjeev Epa PhD @ranjeevlikesclams.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Coeloganthus helena Was grumpy, def not a morning person...

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Ranjeev Epa PhD @ranjeevlikesclams.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Happy #FossilFriday Here is a beautiful fossil venerid #Lirophora from the Plio-Pleistocene of #Florida #veneridae

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Ranjeev Epa PhD @ranjeevlikesclams.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Anyone knows what these spindle shaped things are? Marine sand sample Sri Lanka

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Ranjeev Epa PhD @ranjeevlikesclams.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Having neglected my health and well-being, I'm proud to say that within the last three years I've managed to add a few more to the list of chronic health challenges.

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Ranjeev Epa PhD @ranjeevlikesclams.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Last night my therapist told me not to think about the past. I should probably tell him I'm a paleontologist. Most of my thoughts are about the past... and clams. (No Shame in getting help. I've always been open about my challenges)

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Ranjeev Epa PhD @ranjeevlikesclams.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Happy Fossil Friday from me and Archimedes

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Ranjeev Epa PhD @ranjeevlikesclams.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Bicolor corrundum Uv vs normal white light

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Ranjeev Epa PhD @ranjeevlikesclams.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Found this #invasive #corbicula fluminea at USF- Tampa Postmortem sandy worm tube inside of one valve and some irregular calcareous growth on the other

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Ranjeev Epa PhD @ranjeevlikesclams.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Nothing makes you appreciate effortless breathing quite like a stubborn and persistent asthma attack.

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Ranjeev Epa PhD @ranjeevlikesclams.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Happy #FossilFriday Checkout this beautiful #Chione with a polydorid boring and a very interesting failed drill hole(?) #fossilsofflorida

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Ranjeev Epa PhD @ranjeevlikesclams.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Moon snail likes to drill through right valves of corbulids

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Ranjeev Epa PhD @ranjeevlikesclams.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Check out these really cool synvivo traces on this ark. Multiple exterior polydorid borings plus paired tubular borings. #arcidae #polydora #Neoichnology #molluscsofsrilabka

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Ranjeev Epa PhD @ranjeevlikesclams.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Beautiful Sapphire with inclusions + UV florescence

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Ranjeev Epa PhD @ranjeevlikesclams.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Happy #FossilFriday Here is a brachiopod from the Burlington Formation with some interesting traces on it. Attachment scars???

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Ranjeev Epa PhD @ranjeevlikesclams.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Happy #molluscmonday #Noetia ponderosa and friends from Tampa FL Let's see, we have some #polydorid borings, worm tubes, maybe an oyster cemented on the inside

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Ranjeev Epa PhD @ranjeevlikesclams.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Pink Sapphire with a lot of inclusions. Having little Fe allows Chromium to show florescence with UV

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