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.
Barnea parva - Little Piddock
Pholas dactylus - Common Piddock
Hiatella arctica - Wrinkled Rock Borer
Shipworms
Bankia gouldi - A Shipworm
Nototeredo (norvegica) norvagica - Norway Shipworm
Psiloteredo megotara - Big-ear Shipworm
Teredora malleolus - A Shipworm
Shipworms - General Images - habitat, tubes etc.
Scallops
Aequipecten opercularis - Queen Scallop
Mimachlamys varia synonym Chlamys varia
- Variegated Scallop
Pecten maximus - Great Scallop
Talochlamys pusio syn. Chlamys distorta
- Humpback Scallop
Oysters
Crassostrea gigas - Portuguese or Rock Oyster (alien)
Ostrea edulis - Common Oyster
Ostrea equestris - Crested Oyster (alien)
Saddle Oysters
Anomia ephippium - Common Saddle Oyster
Heteranomia squamula - Prickly Saddle Oyster
Pododesmus patelliformis - Ribbed Saddle Oyster
Pododesmus striata - A Saddle Oyster
Tellin, Wedge, Furrow and Sunset Shells
Abra prismatica - Prismatic Furrow Shell
Arcopagia crassa - Blunt Tellin
Donax vittatus - Banded Wedge Shell
Gari fervensis - Faroe Sunset Shell
Macoma balthica - Baltic Tellin
Scrobicularia plana - Peppery Furrow Shell
Tellina incarnata (Angulus squalidus) - Rough Tellin
Tellina tenuis - Thin Tellin
Venus, Artemis and Carpet Shells
Callista chione - Smooth Venus
Chamelea gallina - Striped Venus
Clausinella fasciata - Banded Venus
Dosinia exoleta - Rayed Artemis
Dosinia lupinus - Smooth Artemis
Irus irus - Rock Venus
Tapes decussatus - Cross Cut Carpet Shell
Tapes rhomboides - Banded Carpet Shell
Timoclea ovata - Oval Venus
Venerupis senegalensis - Pullet Carpet Shell
Venerupis senegalensis var. saxatilis - Pullet Carpet Shell
Venus thomassini (Circomphalus casina) - Pale Venus
Venus verrucosa - Warty Venus
Lucinas, Round Double-Tooths and Cleftclams
Loripes lucinalis - Pale Lucina
Lucinoma borealis (Lucina borealis) - Northern Lucina
Thyasira (Thyasira) flexuosa - Flexuose Cleftclam
Trough Shells
Mactra stultorum - Rayed Trough Shell
Spisula elliptica - Elliptic Trough Shell
Spisula solida - Thick Trough Shell
Spisula subtruncata - Cut Trough Shell
Otter Shells and Gapers
Lutraria angustior - Otter Shell
Lutraria lutraria - Common Otter Shell
Mya arenaria - Sand Gaper or Softshell Clam
Cockles
Acanthocardia echinata - Prickly Cockle
Cerastoderma edule - Common Cockle
Laevicardium crassum - Smooth Cockle
Parvicardium ovale - A Cockle
Dog Cockles
Glycymeris glycymeris - Dog Cockle
Ark Shells
Striarca lactea - Milky Ark
Nut Shells
Nucula species - Nut Shell
Mussels
Modiolarca subpicta syn. M. tumida - Marbled Crenella
Modiolula phaseolina - Bean Horse Mussel
Modiolus barbatus - Bearded Horse Mussel
Mytilus edulis - Common Mussel
Mytilus galloprovincialis - Galician or Padstow Mussel
Razor Shells
Ensis ensis - Razor-shell
Ensis siliqua - Pod Razor / Razor-shell
Other Bivalves
Arctica islandica - Icelandic Cyprine
Kellia suborbicularis - Suborbicular Kellyclam
Lasaea adansoni - Ruddy Lasaea
Thracia phaseolina - Papery Lantern Shell
Click on links above for more images.
For more information about bivalves visit the website of the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
Keywords:
Piddocks, Rock Borers, Shipworms, Scallops, Queens, Tellins, Wedge Shells, Furrow Shells, Sunset shells, Venus, Artemis, Carpet Shells, Double Tooths, Trough Shells, Otter Shells, Gapers, Clams, Cockles, Dog Cockles, Ark Shells, Nut Shells, Mussels, Oysters, Saddle Oysters, Razor Shells, Pod Razors, Kellyclams, Lasaea, Lantern Shells, Devon, Cornwall, Cornish, Kernow, Beach, Shells.
European Names:
Bivalves, Muscheln, Tweekleppigen, Bivalvos, Bivalvi, Molluscs, Weichtiere, Weekdieren, Mollusques, Moluscos, Molluschi.
