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January 1934
Clearwater, Fla.
The general level of Clearwater
along Fort Harrison Ave is not more
than 30' above present sea level. It
is the old Pleistocene sea bottom.
At about 20'-25' above sea level
is a wide spread shell bed replete
with large gastropods, near the
corner of Osceola Ave and Demands
street (to fishpier) in the place where
I made my collection. From Fort
Harrison Ave out to the Gulf there
are at least four terraces or slopes.
These shells appear to be concentrated
due to weathering and erosion carrying
away the sand and drag the heavier
shells behind.