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top row: Palliolum tigerinum 2nd row: Chlamys distorta (17mm tall) & Pecten maximus juveniles 3rd row: Aequipecten opercularis juveniles | |
Aequipecten opercularis - Queen scallop This specimen is encrusted with barnacles and worm shells and measures 57 x 77 mm | |
Pecten maximus This specimen measures 105 x 125 mm | |
Chlamys varia. Click on the image for a picture of Chlamys varia (coloured) from various locations and
Chlamys nivea (white - top centre and bottom right) collected near Oban on 30th November 2001. The two Chlamys nivea in this picture are 32 & 28 mm tall | |
Chlamys nivea, collected near Oban. It measures 43 mm in height | |
Chlamys islandica sub-fossil aged about 10,000 years.
Many of these shells can be found on beaches along the Clyde Coast in Western Scotland | |
Another possible sub-fossil from the Clyde, so far
unidentified 25 x 23 mm |