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Spotted this bivalve at a depth of about 7m. It was about 7 or 8cm wide.
Spotted on Feb 11, 2012
Submitted on Feb 23, 2012
12 Comments
Hi Nigel. Are you sure this is S. varians? I see on whatsthatfish.com that the inside of Variable Thorny Oyster looks different from what I have here...
Your imagination might get the better of you, Hans! :D
However the "mouth" looks terrifying. Like looking for dinner. Amazing shots
Thanks, LauraMaria! I'm not sure if this is a type of oyster... maybe more of a type of penshell?
Wow what a cool invert Blogie! My first impression is that this is some kind of thorny oyster (Spondylus sp.) because of the shape of the edge of the shell at the mantle, but I'd have no idea what kind. It looks like some kind of monstrous mouth though haha!! Awesome spotting
No, you didn't miss it, Christy. I updated the spotting after I saw your first comment. :)
Wow! Looks can really be deceiving! (if you had that measurement in the description before, I completely missed it!) ;-)
It was about 7 or 8cm wide.
It Looks like a giant...how big was it? Great shots!
LOL!
Very intimidating shell! Great pics
wow!