APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

A-P-H-O-T-O Wildlife Stock Image Library
Anomia ephippium (Linnaeus, 1758) - Saddle oyster (Marine bivalve images)
Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- washed off rock after storm 1

Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- washed off rock after storm 2

Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- byssus attached to rock 1

Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- byssus attached to rock 2

Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- byssus attached to rock 3

Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- byssus attached to rock 4

Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- shell top valve exterior 1

Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- shell top valve interior 1

Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- shell top valve exterior 2

Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- shell top valve interior 2

Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- shell top valve exterior 3

Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- shell top valve interior 3

Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- shell top valve exterior 4

Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- shell top valve interior 4

Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- shell top valve exterior 5

Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- shell top valve interior 5

Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- shell lower valve interior 1

Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- shell top valve interior 6

Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- shell lower valve interior 2

Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- shell lower valve 1

Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- live animal / top valve 1

Images taken at Batten Beach, Plymouth, Devon; Wherrytown, Penzance, Cornwall; Porth Kidney Sands and Carnsew Pool near Hayle, Cornwall; and Par Beach and Spit Point near St. Austell, Cornwall.

Thanks go to Fabio Crocetta for identifying the byssus, which was found without the living mollusc.

Anomia ephippium Saddle Oyster Marine Bivalve Images
The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help
people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.