Outside of right valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected from Margate. Length = 17mm.
Chlamys varia
<em>Chlamys varia</em> (Linnaeus, 1758)
Outside of left valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected from Margate. Length = 17mm.
Inside of left valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected from Margate. Length = 27mm acr.
Inside of right valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected from Margate. Length = 27mm acr.
Outside of right valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected from Margate. Length = 27mm acr.
Outside of left valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Rowe-Weiber Coll from Margate. Length = 27mm acr.
Chlamys varia
Vernacular names
Variegated scallop
Distribution and status
Very common. Distributed from Denmark to the Iberian Peninsula and into the Mediterranean.
The map provided here shows the distribution of the species based on Conchological Society data.
Key identification features
- 25 to 35 similar ribs on both valves
- Often thorn like plates on the ribs
- The posterior ear is larger than the anterior one
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000174501]
Sort order
9620
Taxonomic group
Marine bivalve
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Solid shell up to 6.5cm in length. The colour is variable and can include white, red, pink, orange, yellow, green, brown and purple and various shades and patterns of these.The shell surface is sculptured with ribs which possess spines.