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Finding Fossils - Freestyle Mode I left home with no plans and went looking for fossils and never expected to make one of my biggest discoveries so far. An immense Pecten Maximus shell and other fantastic specimens of marine life !! Gastropodes, Corals, Turritelas ... in that place I found a little bit of everything!
“King Scallop” (Pecten maximus)
Also known as the “great scallop”, the king scallop is a species of scallop (Pectinidae) which occurs in waters off of northern Europe, from Portugal to Norway, including the British Isles and Iceland. Like most bivalves Pecten maximus is a suspension feeder, filtering the water around it for nutrients. Like other members of the family Pectinidae, when threatened P. maximus can swim short distances by moving water through its valves.
Classification
Animalia-Mollusca-Bivalvia-Ostreoida-Pectinina-Pectinoidea-Pectinidae-Pecten-P. maximus
Image: Manfred Heyde
