Caribachlamys ornata - <p>Caribachlamys ornata (Lamarck, 1819) - interior of a left valve of the ornate scallop, 1.55 cm across at its widest. </p> <p>Family Pectinidae (Triassic to Holocene) - the scallops are epifaunal filter-feeding bivalves. They are famous for their ability to escape predators by swimming via “clapping” their two shells together. Scallops occupy shallow- to deep-water, tropical to polar marine environments. </p> © James St. John - CC BY 2.0 - Wikimedia Commons
Îles de la Petite-Terre - Marine du Prêcheur - Albert Falco - Saint-Martin