(I got a) Free clam!

[MFChop]

So I got a great deal on a frag at the LFS but when I got it home I realized there was a clam attached to it. So what is it?

[JazzPizzazz]

Looks like a scallop

[jgpico]

^^^+1

[altolamprologus]

Looks like a scallop

[patback]

Everybody is probably disappointed that you are not giving away a free clam :/.

 

+1 what they said.

[keydiver]

I'm pretty sure it's a spiny oyster.

[metrokat]

I'm with key diver: spiny oyster

 

Although in this picture, it looks like a mussel, can you see "eyes" ?? if so it could be a scallop.

[MFChop]

Thanks guys

[patback]

Kat, what do you mean by eyes?

[bhskicker18]

Everybody is probably disappointed that you are not giving away a free clam :/.

 

+1

[Euphyllia]

+1 to all the above. Just +1 in general.

[metrokat]

Kat, what do you mean by eyes?

 

Some mollusks like scallops have eyes, one way to identify them.

 

Many bivalves have no eyes, but a few members of Arcoidea, Limopsoidea, Mytiloidea, Anomioidea, Ostreoidea, and Limoidea have simple eyes on the margin of the mantle. These consist of a pit of photo-sensory cells and a lens.[25] Scallops have more complex eyes with a lens, a two-layered retina and a concave mirror.[26] All bivalves have light-sensitive cells that can detect a shadow falling over the animal.[20]

 

Here's my unknown mollusk, I think it's a scallop but I can't see any eyes (it's smaller than a dime this thing) so it might be a mussel.

[Psychosis]

...does any one else want a scallop with eyes like that, or is it just me? So weird...<3

[metrokat]

they're tiny, see the guys fingers in comparison. also, if mine is a scallop, those fuzzy things you see on the opening might be eyes too.

[JamieSheffield]

my vote is for scallop

[patback]

Interesting, thanks kat. I never knew they could see in any sense of the word.