A PHOTO FAUNA OF THE
DEVON AND CORNWALL PENINSULA

Marine Snails (Molluscs) - Bivalves

Bivalves - Lamellibranchia

Artemis, Rayed (Dosinia exoleta) ?     interior
Dawlish Warren NNR, Dawlish, Devon. 21.01.06 (Public Location)

Artemis, Smooth (Dosinia lupinus) ?     interior
Lowershore. Batten Bay, Mount Batten, Plymouth, Devon. 28.01.06 (Public Location)

Banded Wedge Shell (Donax vittatus)     shell interior   
Tregonhawke Beach, Whitsand Bay, Cornwall. 17.01.06 (Public Location)

Carpet Shell, Banded (Tapes rhomboides)     shell interior
Dead animal, washed up, lowershore. Batten Bay, Mount Batten, Plymouth, Devon.
19.01.06 (Public Location)

Cockle, Common (Cardium edule)
Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve (CWT), Blackstone Rock, Saltash, Cornwall.
03.09.05 (Public Location)

Cockle, Prickly (Acanthocardia echinata)     interior
Dawlish Warren NNR, Dawlish, Devon. 21.01.06 (Public Location)

Mussel, Common (Mytilus edulis)     colony - Whitsand Bay
Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve (CWT), Blackstone Rock, Saltash, Cornwall.
03.09.05 (Public Location)

Otter Shell, Common (Lutraria lutraria)     shell interior
Tregonhawke Beach, Whitsand Bay, Cornwall. 17.01.06 (Public Location)

Oyster, Common (Ostrea edulis) - mature     underside-mature
Lowershore. North of Mount Batten Breakwater, Plymouth, Devon. 06.10.05 (Public Location)

Oyster, Common Saddle (Anomia ephippium)     shell interior     underside
Lowershore. Batten Bay, Mount Batten, Plymouth, Devon. 01.02.06 (Public Location)

Oyster, Portuguese (Crassostrea gigas)     front view
On rocks, middleshore. Batten Bay, Mount Batten, Plymouth, Devon. 28.01.06 (Public Location)

Razor, Pod / Razor-shell (Ensis siliqua)     shell interior
Tregonhawke Beach, Whitsand Bay, Cornwall. 17.01.06 (Public Location)

Razor-shell (Ensis ensis)
Lowershore on sand. Batten Bay, Mount Batten, Plymouth, Devon. 29.04.06 (Public Location)

Scallop, Great (Pecten maximus)     underside     live animal     close-up
Hannafore Beach, Looe, Cornwall. 03.03.06 (Public Location)

Scallop, Queen (Chlamys opercularis)     underside
Dawlish Warren NNR, Dawlish, Devon. 21.01.06 (Public Location)

Scallop, Variegated (Chlamys varia)
Lowershore. South of Mount Batten Breakwater, Plymouth, Devon. 18.10.05 (Public Location)

Trough Shell, Rayed (Matra stultorum)
Tregonhawke Beach, Whitsand Bay, Cornwall. 17.01.06 (Public Location)

Trough Shell, Thick (Spisula solida)     shell interior
Tregonhawke Beach, Whitsand Bay, Cornwall. 17.01.06 (Public Location)

Venus, Striped (Chamelea gallina) ?
Dawlish Warren NNR, Dawlish, Devon. 21.01.06 (Public Location)

Wrinkled rock borer (Hiatella arctica) ?
Lowershore. Batten Bay, Plymouth, Devon. 01.03.06 (Public Location)

Also see Rockpooling around Plymouth


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