Caribachlamys ornata (ornate scallop) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 2 (16188572121)

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Summary[edit] Description: Caribachlamys ornata (Lamarck, 1819) - interior of a left valve of the ornate scallop, 1.55 cm across at its widest. 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. Date: 3 January 2015, 21:44. Source: Caribachlamys ornata (ornate scallop) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 2. Author: James St. John.