Caribachlamys sentis - <p>Caribachlamys sentis (Reeve, 1853) - exterior of a left valve of the scaly scallop, 1.15 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
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