Sous Les Paves La Plage ‘Beneath the Paving Stones, The Beach’
The Unearthing of a Collection
Classification.
1.
8.
‘Marine Molluscs’
3.
2.
9.
10.
1. Queen Scallop (Chlamys opercularis) 2. Variegated Scallop (Chlamys varia) 3. Common Cockle (Cerastodermadule)
4.
11.
4. Common Muscle (Mytilus edulis) 5. Warty Venus (Venus verrucosa) 6. Common Oyster (Ostrea edulis)
5.
12.
7. Saddle Oyster (Anomia ephippium) 8. Dogwhelk (Nucella lapillus) 9. Common Whelk (Bucinumundatum)
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13.
7.
14.
10. Baltic Tellin (Mactra corallina) 11. Pullet Carpet (Venerupis pullastra) 12. Slipper Limpet (Crepidula fonicata)
15.
13. Periwinkle (Litterina neritoides) 14. Common Limpet (Patella vulgata) 15. Grey Topshell (Gibbula cineraira)
Texture.
Warty Venus (Venus verrucosa) Burrowing in sand or gravel worn by the extreme lower shore.
Saddle Oyster (Anomia ephippium) Attached to rocks and other shells to whose shapes it often will conform.
Queen Scallop (Chlamys opercularis) Joined to substrate by byssal thread when young, found buried in gravel or sand.
Slipper Limpet (Crepidula fornicata) Attached to others of the same species eroded by the shallow water.
Sizing.
42 38 32 27 23 19
10
7
Width
46 40 37 33
7
Height
12
22
25
Common Limpet (Patella vulgata)
mm
55 48 43 34 27
22
18
8
Width
37 29 26 22
6
Height
12
17
18
Baltic Tellin (Mactra corallina)
mm
120 60 50 30 25
18 12
8
Width
115 62 56 42 12 6
Height
20
10
Queen Scallop (Chlamys opercularis)
mm
Colour.
Volume.
113 Common Cockles (Cerastodermaedule)
100 Common Limpets (Patella vulgata)
‘The Unearthing of a Collection’ The exposure of a seventeen year long collection of ‘marine molluscs’ found in and around the beaches and shorelines of England. Collecting can indeed become more fascinating and obsessive the further you are captivated by the passion.
Š Natalie Shanks 2011