Shell Fish Collection (page 3)

Various Shells (Cones)
Various cones

Various Shells 1835
A selection of chama shells. Date: 1835

Washing Oysters / Photo
OYSTER INDUSTRY - fishermen washing oysters Date: 1930

Person preparing dressed crab, Norfolk, England, july

Licensed cockle pickers unloading bags after picking from cockle beds, Foulnaze Bank, between Lytham and Southport, Ribble Estuary, Lancashire, England, november

Lobster pots on quayside of harbour, Craster, Northumberland, England, july

Licensed cockle pickers unloading from boat after picking from cockle beds, Foulnaze Bank, between Lytham and Southport, Ribble Estuary, Lancashire, England, november

Licensed cockle picker unloading and weighing cockles after picking from cockle beds, Foulnaze Bank, between Lytham and Southport, Ribble Estuary, Lancashire, England, november

Barnacle (Chthamalus stellatus) Old & young on serpentine rock / Kynance Cove

Fluted Giant Clam (Tridacna squamosa) adult, mantle and siphon, Mioskon, Dampier Straits, Raja Ampat, West Papua, New Guinea, Indonesia

Swan Mussel (Anodonta cygnea) adult, extending foot, South Yorkshire, England

Shell (Nassarius sp. ) adult, close-up of siphon, Lembata Island, Solor Archipelago, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia
Shell (Nassarius sp.) adult, close-up of siphon, Lembata Island, Solor Archipelago, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia

Licensed cockle pickers with quad bike in inflatable boat, unloading after picking from cockle beds, Foulnaze Bank, between Lytham and Southport, Ribble Estuary, Lancashire, England, november

Fisherman fishing for clams, clamming boat with pump scoop dredge, Poole Harbour, Dorset, England, july

Licensed cockle pickers vehicles on shore during picking from cockle beds, Foulnaze Bank, between Lytham and Southport, Ribble Estuary, Lancashire, England, november

Licensed cockle pickers unloading and weighing cockles after picking from cockle beds, Foulnaze Bank, between Lytham and Southport, Ribble Estuary, Lancashire, England, november

Lobster fishing boat at harbour of fishing village Burnmouth, Scottish Borders, Scotland, july

Person preparing cooked lobster, Norfolk, England, july

Licensed cockle pickers unloading bags from boats after picking from cockle beds, Foulnaze Bank, between Lytham and Southport, Ribble Estuary, Lancashire, England, november

Licensed cockle picker holding cockles in hands after picking from cockle beds, Foulnaze Bank, between Lytham and Southport, Ribble Estuary, Lancashire, England, november

Licensed cockle pickers landing boat and unloading after picking from cockle beds, Foulnaze Bank, between Lytham and Southport, Ribble Estuary, Lancashire, England, november

Shell Common whelk (Buccinus undatum) washing up on a sandy shore Penrhyn Bay N Wales

Bags of harvested cockles after picking from cockle beds, Foulnaze Bank, between Lytham and Southport, Ribble Estuary, Lancashire, England, november

Ass's-ear Abalone (Haliotis asinina) adult, on reef at night, Lembata Island, Solor Archipelago, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia

Shell - Barnacle Goose or Ship's Barnacles (Lepas anatifera) Oregon State, USA

Laver Spireshell (Hydrobia ulvae) In large numbers on cliff face at high water mark / Camel

Buoy Barnacle (Dosima fascicularis) adults, attached to feather, Sennon Cove, Cornwall, England, september

Common Periwinkle (Littorina littorea) on Toothed Wrack (Fucus serratus) in tide pool, Brough Head, Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, june

Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis chilensis) Falkland Islands

Rough Periwinkle (Littorina saxatilis) adults and immatures, group on rock, Portland, Dorset, England, january

Lobster pots on quayside of harbour, Burnmouth, Scottish Borders, Scotland, july

Goose Barnacle (Lepas pectinata) adults, group attached to wrack washed up on beach, Widemouth Bay, Cornwall, England, january

Edible Oyster (Ostrea edulis) adult, on seabed, Swanage Pier, Swanage Bay, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England, june

Swan Mussel (Anodonta cygnaea)

Common Mussel (Mytilus edulis) beds, exposed on beach at low tide, Hunstanton, Norfolk, England, october

Common Limpet (Patella vulgata) adults, feeding paths on rocks at low tide, Barray, Orkney, Scotland, june

Looping Snail (Truncatella subcylindrica) two adults, on shoreline, Portland Harbour, Dorset, England, june

Shell (Nassarius sp. ) adult, on sand, Lembata Island, Solor Archipelago, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia
Shell (Nassarius sp.) adult, on sand, Lembata Island, Solor Archipelago, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia

Shell - Barnacle (Balus perforatus) with Balanoides & Chthamalus stellatus, Patella vulgata&

Purple Topshell (Gibbula umbilicalis) adults, on rocks beside seaweed holdfasts, Kimmeridge, Dorset, England, february

Acorn Barnacle (Semibalanus balanoides) mass, exposed at low tide, Brough Head, Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, june

Black Velutinid (Coriocella nigra) adult, on reef, Komba Island, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia

Common Goose Barnacle (Lepas anatifera) adults, attached to plastic bait pot on strandline, Kimmeridge Bay, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England, december

Common Limpet (Patella vulgata) adults and juveniles, group attached to granite rock, Sennen Cove, Land's End, Cornwall, England, march

Common Limpet (Patella vulgata) and Acorn Barnacle (Semibalanus balanoides) on exposed rocks at low tide, Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England, june

Crayfish compound eye, light micrograph
Crayfish compound eye. Light micrograph of a longitudinal section through the compound eye (top) of a freshwater crayfish (Astacus astacus)

Goose barnacle, light micrograph
Goose barnacle. Polarised light micrograph of the body of a goose barnacle (Lepas anatifera). The goose barnacle is a Cirripedian crustacean

Common periwinkles (Littorina littorea). These marine snails are found in rock pools and on rocky, sandy and muddy coasts. They feed by grazing on algae from rocks

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