APHOTOMARINE
An Educational Photographic Resource and Stock Image Library
of the Sea, Maritime Environment, Marine and Rockpool Life in the
Coastal Waters of South-West England by David Fenwick.
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767) - Wrinkled rock borer (Marine Bivalve Images)
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Wrinkled rock borer
Hiatella arctica
- large adult shell / side view 1
Hiatella arctica
- large adult shell / side view 1
Wrinkled rock borer
Hiatella arctica
- live animal
and bore hole 1
Wrinkled rock borer
Hiatella arctica
- live animal
and bore hole 2
Wrinkled rock borer
Hiatella arctica
- live animal on kelp 1
Wrinkled rock borer
Hiatella arctica
- shell / black background 1
Wrinkled rock borer
Hiatella arctica
- on flotsam / byssal threads 1
Wrinkled rock borer
Hiatella arctica
- on flotsam / byssal threads 2
Wrinkled rock borer
Hiatella arctica
- on flotsam / byssal threads 3
A common species found at many locations and various habitats around the coast. The images here show the species attached to kelp holdfasts, to flotsam that has drifted across the Atlantic; and of it boring into rock, hence its common name. It is most commonly found attached to kelp holdfasts by it byssal threads, in the same manner as mussels attach to rock.
Images of this species were taken across the south coast of Devon and Cornwall; at Batten Bay, Plymouth, Devon; at Spit Point, Par; and Long Rock, Penzance, Cornwall. Frequently found with Heteranomia squamula, the Prickly saddle oyster.
Scientific and European Names:
Hiatella arctica, Arctic hiatella, Arctic saxicave, Striate hiatella, Wrinkled rock borer, Wrinkled rockborer, Steinboreskjell, Steinboreskjel, Hulemusling, Noordse Rotsboorder, Noorse Rotsboorder, Felsenbohrer, Stenborrmussla.
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