Bruce, thank God we here have you to clarify the carving renditions on these great guns! I was the one who referred (erroneously of course) to the grip carving on the half-pistol grip gun as a "clamshell" motif; obviously I should have correctly referred to it as representative of that of the Pectinidae, or commons sea scallop (since the Mactridae, or true sea clam, exhibits no striations or grooves on its shell, whereas the former shows vertical striations on its shell). I guess the ultimate in accuracy is to refer to this carving motif as that representative of the Actiniaria, or sea anemone, which exhibits the exotic wavy tendrils of that aquatic organism. I remain eternally grateful that George Lane is no longer alive to suffer wading through this taxonomic drivel in critiquing these carvings!
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