Q. sp. has a rostrum that is wider than tall, resembling the end of a yard stick.
Yes it is crushed, but it is crushed dorso-ventrally, which is a highly unlikely crushing angle for a laterally compressed rostrum. And that transversely straight tip is really the end of the rostrum.
And everyone knows that pushing a yardstick width-wise through water, as if it was attached to a skimmer) is not the most efficient way to 'knife' through the water.
>> I'll let that one slide.
But it does make a good mud probe.