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Bivalve Shells Division
The word "seashells" is often used to mean only the shells of
marine
mollusks. Marine mollusk shells that are familiar to beachcombers and thus
most likely to be called "seashells" are the shells of marine species of
bivalves (or clams),
gastropods (or
snails),
scaphopods (or tusk shells),
polyplacophorans (or chitons), and cephalopods
(such as
nautilus and
spirula).
Bivalves are
molluscs belonging to the class Bivalvia. They have two-part
shells, and typically both valves are symmetrical
along the hinge line. The class has 30,000 species,
including
scallops, clams, oysters and mussels. Other
names for the class include Bivalva, Pelecypoda, and
Lamellibranchia.
Image Code M59 |
Catalogue No.: M59
Description: Cardium reeveanum (Dunker, 1852)
Boyne Island, Queensland Australia. In sandy rubble below low tide line.
Washed alive onto beach during rough weather. 14 pieces.
Size: 55 x 48mm. |
Image Code M132 |
Catalogue No.: M132
Description: Tridacna squamosa.3 pieces.
Size: 140 x 85mm. |
Image Code M133 |
Catalogue No.: M133
Description: Spondylus regius.
Size: 125Ømm. |
Image Code M134 |
Catalogue No.: M134
Description: Spondylus alba. 3 pieces.
Size: 141 x 29mm. |
Image Code M135 |
Catalogue No.: M135
Description: Spondylus princeps. Broderip 1833.
Diver on reef. Mexico. 3 pieces.
Size: 112 x 110mm. |
Image Code M136 |
Catalogue No.: M136
Description: Mesoplax pholas orientalis.
Size: 72 X 130mm. |
Image Code M137 |
Catalogue No.: M137
Description: Spondylus princeps.
Size: 75 X 118mm. |
Image Code M138 |
Catalogue No.: M138
Description: Spondylus princeps. 4 pieces.
Size: 95 X 88mm. |
Image Code M139 |
Catalogue No.: M139
Description: Spondylus princeps. Broderip 1833.
Diver on reef. Mexico.
Size: 110 X 89mm. |
Image Code M143 |
Catalogue No.: M143
Description: Spondylus. Albino.
Size: 114 X 84mm. |
Image Code M144 |
Catalogue No.: M144
Description: Spondylus clarksoni.
Size: 95 X 91mm. |
Image Code M148 |
Catalogue No.: M148
Description: Trachycardium rubicundum. 6 pieces.
Size: 84 X 70mm. |
Image Code M149 |
Catalogue No.: M149
Description: Pecten nobilis ? Barnacle. Cebu,
Phil. Island. 4 pieces.
Size: 58 x 49mm. |
Image Code M158 |
Catalogue No.: M158
Description: Pecton bifrons. Port Giles Jetty,
South Australia. On Sand 45' water. 7 pieces.
Size: 97 x 85mm. |
Image Code M168 |
Catalogue No.: M168
Description: Spondylus americanus.
Size: 120 x 120mm. |
Image Code M169 |
Catalogue No.: M169
Description:
Spondylus
americanus (“Spiny Oyster”).
A fine
specimen of this attractive species of Spondylus.
There
are many species of Spondylus, and they vary considerably in
appearance and range. They are grouped in the same superfamily as the
scallops, but like the true oysters (family Ostreidae) they cement
themselves to rocks, rather than attaching themselves by a byssus. Their key
characteristic is that the two parts of their shells are hinged together
with a ball and socket type of hinge, rather than a toothed hinge as is more
common in other bivalves.
Size: 170 x 170mm. |
Image Code M173 |
Catalogue No.: M173
Description: Pecten alba. Pectinacea. Eyre,
Peninsula, South Australia. Trawled 10 fathoms. Amora Shells. 2 pieces.
Size: 66 x 70mm. |
Image Code M181 |
Catalogue No.: M181
Description: Spondylus clarksoni. Low Tide. Mud Reef.
Size: 100 x 44mm. |
Image Code M182 |
Catalogue No.: M182
Description: Pecten melica. Fremantle, Western
Australia.
Size: 47 x 53mm. |
Image Code M203 |
Catalogue No.: M203
Description: Clamys squamosa. 5 pieces.
Size: 105 x 76mm. |
Image Code M204 |
Catalogue No.: M204
Description: Spondylus americanus. 5 pieces.
Size: 70 x 84mm. |
Image Code M214 |
Catalogue No.: M214
Description: Bivalves. 10 pieces.
Size: 67 x 48mm. |
Image Code M224 |
Catalogue No.: M225
Description: Cardium pseudolima. 2 pieces.
Size: 130 x 125mm. |
Image Code M231 |
Catalogue No.: M231
Description: Pecten melica.2 pieces.
Size: 106 x 124mm. |
Image Code M233 |
Catalogue No.: M233
Description: Pecten aspera. 12 pieces.
Size: 53 x 50mm. |
Image Code M235 |
Catalogue No.: M235
Description: Spondylus americanus. pieces.
Size: 108 x 83mm. |
Image Code M251 |
Catalogue No.: M251
Description: Pecten novaezelandiae. South Island,
New Zealand. Trawled.
2 pieces.
Size: 110 X 110mm. |
Image Code M267 |
Catalogue No.: M267
Description: Pecten alba. Port Lincoln, South
Australia. On sand - 5 metres.
4 pieces.
Size: 88 X 77mm. |
Image Code M271 |
Catalogue No.: M271
Description: Bivalve Species.2 pieces.
Size: 55 X 39mm. |
Image Code M278 |
Catalogue No.: M278
Description: Pecten myriopsis schlegelli. Japan. 2
pieces.
Size: 58 X 60mm. |
Image Code M282 |
Catalogue No.: M282
Description: Pecten australis. Diver - 20 metres on sand. 2 pieces.
Size: 45 X 43mm. |
Image Code M286 |
Catalogue No.: M286
Description: Pecten delicatula. Trawled. Dunedin,
New Zealand. 2 pieces.
Size: 60 X 55mm. |
Image Code M287 |
Catalogue No.: M287
Description: Pecten melica. 2 pieces.
Size: 77 X 82mm. |
Image Code M290 |
Catalogue No.: M290
Description: Pecten sp. 2 pieces.
Size: 73 X 68mm. |
Image Code M292 |
Catalogue No.: M292
Description: Pecten gloriosa. Gladstone,
Queensland. 2 pieces.
Size: 58 X 54mm. |
Image Code M295 |
Catalogue No.: M295
Description: Pecten irradians concentrius. Bonito
Springs, USA. 2 pieces.
Size: 40 X 41mm. |
Image Code M300 |
Catalogue No.: M300
Description: Pecten leoparda. Great Barrier Reef.
2 pieces.
Size: 67 X 72mm. |
Image Code M315 |
Catalogue No.: M315
Description: Pecten Luculentum. Philippine Island.
Size: 41 X 36mm. |
Image Code M316 |
Catalogue No.: M316
Description: Telina Virgata. Central Queensland. 2
pieces.
Size: 57 X 36mm. |
Image Code M317 |
Catalogue No.: M317
Description: Pecten Rastellum. Davao, South
Philippines.
Size: 13 X 13mm. |
Image Code M322 |
Catalogue No.: M322
Description: Pectinidae mira. Pecten rastellum.
Philippine Island. McTan Trench.
2 pieces.
Size: 16 X 15mm. |
Image Code M325 |
Catalogue No.: M325
Description: Pecten rastellum. Cebu, Philippine
Island. Diver - 20 metres on sand.
5 pieces.
Size: 22 X 21mm. |
Image Code M353 |
Catalogue No.: M353
Description: Acanthocardia spinosa. Diver - 6 metres in sand.
Size: 30 X 29mm. |
Image Code M369 |
Catalogue No.: M369
Description: Donax hanleyanus. Uruguay. 7 pieces.
Clam.
Size: 20 X 11mm. |
Image Code M384 |
Catalogue No.: M384
Description: Pecten asperimus. Assorted colours.
4 pieces.
Size: 53 X 49mm. |
Image Code M391 |
Catalogue No.: M391
Description: Pecten funebris (Red). Broome,
Western Australia. 4 pieces.
Size: 50 X 47mm. |
Image Code M393 |
Catalogue No.: M393
Description: Cardium cardissa. Cebu, Philippine
Island. 4 pieces.
Size: 45 X 41mm. |
Image Code M399 |
Catalogue No.: M399
Description: Corculum cardissa. 12 pieces.
Size: 45 X 39mm. |
Image Code M405 |
Catalogue No.: M405
Description: Pecten Glaber. Southern Italy.
Trawled.
Size: (3) 40 X 40mm. |
Image Code M430 |
Catalogue No.: M430
Description: Hippopus hippopus (clam). Zamboanga,
Philippine Island.
Size: 88 X 55mm. |
Image Code M445 |
Catalogue No.: M445
Description: Spondylus princeps. Baha Peninsula,
Mexico. 2 pieces.
Size: 113 X 63mm. |
Image Code M451 |
Catalogue No.: M451
Description: Acesta rathbuni. South Philippine
Island. Trawled. 2 pieces.
Size: 117 X 96mm. |
Image Code M471 |
Catalogue No.: M471
Description: Pecten anguineus. Albany, Western
Australia.
Size: 38 X 38mm. |
Image Code M482 |
Catalogue No.: M482
Description: Pedten nudosus. Port Canaveral,
Florida, USA. 2 pieces.
Size: 70 X 73mm. |
Image Code M489 |
Catalogue No.: M489
Description: Pecten chlamys rastellum. Cebu,
Philippine Island. In tangled nets.
Size: 34 X 33mm. |
Image Code M507 |
Catalogue No.: M507
Description: Pecten leoparda. Great Barrier Reef.
2 pieces.
Size: 64 X 60mm. |
Image Code M509 |
Catalogue No.: M509
Description: Pecten septemradiatus.
Size: 49 X 48mm. |
Image Code M512 |
Catalogue No.: M512
Description: Pecten biprons (White). Port Lincoln,
South Australia.
Size: 68 X 65mm. |
Image Code M527 |
Catalogue No.: M527
Description: Pecten curtisiana. Gladstone,
Queensland. 2 pieces.
Size: 25 X 30mm. |
Image Code M540 |
Catalogue No.: M540
Description: Pecten Luculentum (white). Darwin. 2
pieces.
Size: 49 X 39mm. |
Image Code M546 |
Catalogue No.: M546
Description: Pecten asperimus. Dunsborough, South
Western Australia. 2 pieces.
Size: 35 X 29mm. |
Image Code M591 |
Catalogue No.: M591
Description: Velesonia ambiguus.
Size: (4) 83 X 55mm. |
Image Code M604 |
Catalogue No.: M604
Description: Pecten hericia. 4 pieces.
Size: 49 X 57mm. |
Image Code M611 |
Catalogue No.: M611
Description: Uniondae diplodon. Durazno,
Uruguay. 2 pieces.
Size: 72 X 46mm. |
Image Code M649 |
Catalogue No.: M649
Description: Pecten anguineus. Albany, South
Western Australia.
Size: (2) 34 X 35mm. |
Image Code M681 |
Catalogue No.: M681
Description: Pecten biprons (Orange). Port
Lincoln, South Australia. 10 metres on sand.
Size: 50 X 46mm. |
Image Code M690 |
Catalogue No.: M690
Description: Cardium cardissa. Bohol, Philippine
Island.
Size: (2) 41 X 35mm. |
Image Code M699 |
Catalogue No.: M699
Description: Pecten Sp. Darwin, Northern
Territory. Trawled 60 feet. 4 pieces.
Size: 33 X 34mm. |
Image Code M700 |
Catalogue No.: M700
Description: Pecten larvata. Southern Australia.
Size: (2) 47 X 39mm. |
Image Code M703 |
Catalogue No.: M703
Description: Pecten Anguineus. Albany, Western
Australia. 3 pieces.
Size: 40 X 36mm. |
Image Code M706 |
Catalogue No.: M706
Description: Lopha Poppei. Frilly White Oyster.
Swains Reef, Queensland. Trawled. 4 pieces.
Size: 39 X 32mm. |
Image Code M707 |
Catalogue No.: M707
Description: Solen Vagina. Razor Clam.West Africa.
Intertidal. 4 pieces.
Size: 12 X 75mm. |
Image Code M713 |
Catalogue No.: M713
Description: Pecten varia. Italy. 2 pieces.
Size: 35 X 40mm. |
Image Code M727 |
Catalogue No.: M727
Description: Polished Bivalves. 14 pieces.
Size: 73 X 63mm. |
Image Code M729 |
Catalogue No.: M729
Description: Pecten australis. 105 pieces.
Size: 59 X 54mm. |
Image Code M733 |
Catalogue No.: M733
Description: Pecten senatoria. 113 pieces.
Size: 79 X 73mm. |
Image Code M743 |
Catalogue No.: M743
Description: Pecten albus. 8 pieces.
Size: 93 X 80mm. |
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