Item Type: Image Title: Scallop Copyright: Serpent Project Species: Pecten maximus Behaviour: Resting on seafloor, closed with blue tentacles Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- SchiehallionNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Schiehallion Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 450 Latitude: 60 deg 20' 03" N Longitude: 4 deg 05' 56" W Countries: UK -- West of Shetland Habitat: Temperate Gravel and Sand Rig: Regalia Project Partners: Transocean, Subsea 7, BP ROV: Centurion 30 Deposited By: Rob Curry Deposited On: 13 March 2007
Pecten caurinus Gould, exterior of right valve, a little less than half natural size #1; Pecten hindsii navarchus Dall, exterior of right and left valves, respectively #2/3; Axinopsis sericatus Carpenter, Typical Specimen #4.
Indian Deep-Sea Bivalves. Amussium alcocki, from the Laccadive Sea, 740 fathoms. The left-hand figure shows the outside, the right-hand figure the inside, of this delicate shell