BIVALVIA NAMES

None of my specimens were purchased, but rather found by "yours truly", the Black Sheller, through sun, wind, rain, fog, chill, humidity and heat. All memorable experiences. The shell names correspond to the BIVALVIA menu tab.

Pen Shell - Pinnidae - Cumberland Island, GA (Pictured)

Common Egg Cockle - Laevicardium muricatum - Kice Island, FL

Atlantic Giant Cockle- Dinocardium robustum - Ocracoke Island, NC

Oregon Cockle Clam - Clinocardium nuttallii - Oregon Dunes Overlook, OR

Florida Prickly Cockle - Trachycardium egmontianum - Marco Island, FL

Yellow Prickly Cockle - Trachycardium muricatum - Marco Island, FL

Ponderous Ark - Noetia ponderosa - Captiva Island, FL

Cut Ribbed Ark - Anadara floridana - Marco Island, FL

Incongruous Ark - Anadara brasiliana - Sanibel Island, FL

Atlantic Calico Scallop - Argopecten gibbus - Marco Island, FL

Atlantic Bay Scallop - Argopecten irradians - Sanibel Island, FL

Zigzag Scallop - Euvola ziczac - Sanibel Island, FL

Turkey Wing - Arca Zebra - N. San Padre Island, TX

Angel Wing - Pholadidae - Kice Island, FL

Texas Venus Clam - Agriopoma texasiana - N. San Padre Island, TX

Calico Clam - Macrocallista maculata - Estero Island, FL

Cross Barred Venus Clam - Chione elevata - Mexico Beach, FL

Channeled Duck Clam - Raeta plicatella - N. San Padre Island, TX

Spectral Bittersweet Clam - Glycymeris spectralis - St. George Island, FL

Sunray Venus Clam - Macrocallista nimbosa - N San Padre Island, TX

Amethyst Gem Cla - Gemma gemma - Ft Myers Beach, FL

Fossil Venus Clam - Mercenaria permgnam - Shackleford Banks, NC

Gaper Clam - Tresus  capax - Cape Lookout, OR

Broad Ribbed Cardita - Cardites floridanus - Marco Island, FL

Common jingle - Anomia simplex - Sanibel Island, FL

Florida Spiny Jewel Box - Arcinella cornuta - Marco Island, FL

Atlantic Kittenpaw - Plicatula gibbosa - Marco Island, FL

Pennsylvania Lucine - Lucina pensylvanica - S Miami Beach, FL

Eastern Oyster - Crassostrea virginica - Edisto Island, SC

Oregon Razor Clam - Siliqua patula - Oregon Dunes Overlook, OR

Half Naked Pen Shell - Atrina seminuda - Kice Island, FL

Atlantic Sanguin - Sanguinolaria sanguinolenta - N San Padre Island, TX

Northern Quahog - Mercenaria mercenaria - Shackleford Banks, NC

Southern Quahog - Mercenaria campechiensis - Shackleford Banks, NC