GOOD STUFF
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GOOD STUFF | |
| Below are some exceptional shells from the western dredging areas, and some oddities. Enjoy and download the pics. | |
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| Above and below: all the shells of this species can bear squamae on and between their ribs. | |
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| Yellow concolor's squamae. |
The crabs attack... | |
| It often arrives that large crabs tackle the scallops. These shells are a delicacy for Cancer pagurus, the local Jonah crab. | |
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| This scallop has been pinch, survived to crab and was repaired. Click here to discover two attacked scallops! |
Beauties... | |
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| This splendid lineata was fished in the first days of november 2003 in St-Michel's bay. I never met again this kind of design. | |
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| The taser scallop. |
Special shells: | |
| Two large beauties Clouds and mountains Two different styles An infernal brick-red An elegant maculata Odd mixture Apricot Purple shell from Cancale, march 2006 | |
| The shells are often covered with sponges, worm tubes, and other shells like Anomia ephippium or young Crepidula fornicata. Example: Anomiids on a concolor Example: A yellow lineata unfortunately encrusted (beside a nice concolor). | |
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15mm Anomiid near an umbo, april 2006, Lorient. |
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