SCALLOP SHELLS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ENCOMPASSING ALL THE POPULAR SIZES AND PRICES

Scallops in the Marine Food Pyramid

IRISH FLAT SCALLOP SHELLS

The Irish Flat Scallop is a bivalve shell. This means the mollusk has created a bottom shell and a matching top shell joint together by a ligament. Most scallops have been gathered for centuries as food. The young scallops usually attach themselves to hard objects with their byssus. Irish Flat Scallops like other scallops prefer offshore sandy or stone filled sea floors. Scallops are found worldwide.

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One Irish Flat Scallop 3 to 4 1/2 inches..... .75

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One Albino Irish Flat Scallop 4 to 5 inches...... OUT OF STOCK

IRISH BAKING SCALLOPS Irish Baking Scallops are Bivalves This means the mollusk (animal that lives inside the shell) creates a top shell and a matching bottom shell hinged by a ligament. Scallops are found world wide. For centuries scallops have been an important food source. The Irish Baking Scallop is most recognized for their use in baking and table decor. The Irish Baker prefers sandy bottom or pebbled sea floor. The Irish Baker color varies from brown, cream to almost pure white.

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One Irish Baking shell 3 3/8 to 4 inches ...... .59

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One Irish Baking shell 4 1/2 to 5 inches.... .89

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One 4 to 4 1/2 Irish Baking shell .... .69

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One approximately 5 inch Irish Baking shell .... 2.80

MEXICAN DEEP SCALLOP SHELLS These are bivalve shells. This means the mollusk has created a bottom shell and a matching top shell, joint together by a ligament. Most scallops have been gathered for centuries as food. The young scallops usually attach themselves to hard objects with their byssus. Mexican Deep Scallops, like other scallops prefer offshore sandy or stone filled sea floors. These Scallops are found in the Eastern Pacific.

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One Mexican Deep Scallop 2 3/8 to 3 inches...…  OUT OF STOCK

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One Mexican Deep Scallop 3 to approximately 3 6/8 inches...... .49

MEXICAN FLAT SCALLOP SHELL

The Mexican Flat Scallop is a bivalve shell. This means the mollusk has created a bottom shell and a matching top shell joint together by a ligament. Most scallops have been gathered for centuries as food. The young scallops usually attach themselves to hard objects with their byssus. Mexican Flat Scallops, like other scallops prefer offshore sandy or stone filled sea floors. Scallops are found worldwide.

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One 2 3/4 to 3 inch Mexican Flat Scallop...... .29

BABY DEEP SCALLOP SHELLS The Baby Deep Scallop is a bivalve shell. This means the mollusk has created a bottom shell and a matching top shell joint together by a ligament. Most scallops have been gathered for centuries as food. The young scallops usually attach themselves to hard objects with their byssus. Baby Deep Scallops, like other scallops prefer offshore sandy or stone filled

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One Baby Deep Scallop 1 3/8 to 2 inches...... .03

BABY FLAT SCALLOP SHELLS The Baby Flat Scallop is a bivalve shell. This means the mollusk has created a bottom shell and a matching top shell joint together by a ligament. Most scallops have been gathered for centuries as food. The young scallops usually attach themselves to hard objects with their byssus. Baby Flat Scallops like other scallops prefer offshore sandy or stone filled sea floors. Scallops are found worldwide.

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One Baby Flat Scallop 1 to 1 3/8 inches ...... .03

FLORIDA SCALLOP SHELLS The Florida Scallop is a bivalve shell. This means the mollusk has created a bottom shell and a matching top shell joint together by a ligament. The Florida Scallops we are offering are not matching pairs; rather they are a mix of upper and lower Florida Scallops, called singles. Most scallops have been gathered for centuries as food. The young scallops usually attach themselves to hard objects with their byssus. Florida Scallops like other scallops prefer off shore sandy or stone filled sea floors. Scallops are found worldwide.

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One Florida Scallop single 1 5/8 to 2 inches...... .21

CALICO SCALLOP SINGLES Description.These are the best known of the bivalves. The Calico and other scallop species are fan shaped with unequal sized ears on either size of the umbones. The ear is an extension of the hinge region of the bivalve shell. The umbo (umbones plural) is the earliest formed part of a bivalve shell's valve. The Calico Scallop is abundant off the Southeast U.S. and Caribbean. The have been a popular shell among jewelry crafters. The Calico Scallops are sold as single shells not as complete bivalve upper and lower matching shell pair.

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One Calico Scallop Single 1 3/8 to 2 inches ...... .16

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One Calico Scallop Single 2 to 2 3/8 inches...... .19

Nodipecten nodosus common name is the lion's paw scallop

the lion's paw scallop, is a species of bivalve mollusk in the family Pectinidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Cape Hatteras to the West Indies, including Brazil and Bermuda.

The lion's paw scallop is a species that consists of large scallop shells with ridges and bumps that have a rough texture. The lion's paw size can range from 2 1/2 to 6 inches long and are nearly circular. The shell is known for its distinct knobs on the ridges. The shell color ranges from red to orange and also purple. The shell's common name is derived from its appearance, the color, and the knobs giving it some visual similarities to the paw of a lion.

The lions paw is the largest scallop of the Western-Atlantic Ocean, it has been commercially fished for human consumption for decades. There has been a recent decline of fisheries along with an increase in the shell's value has led to aquaculture specific to the species. Their high growth rate makes them popular; however, not much is known about the requirements to improve farming. They are aqua farmed in the Caribbean particularly in Colombia due to their quick growth rate. Their popularity in commercial fishing near Brazil, makes the native lions paw at risk of extinction.

Lion's paw scallops are known to be hermaphroditic, so each species has both male and female gonads. In external fertilization, an organism will release both eggs and sperm. Lion's paw scallops spawn twice a year. Along the coast of Brazil, they are known to spawn once in the winter and once again in the summer.

The lion's paw shell is valuable to collectors because of its size, vibrant colors, and extremely distinctive features. Because of its large size and it being more common in deeper, rocky waters, they are rarely found intact on sandy beaches.

The lion's paw scallop is an epibenthic bivalve that usually lives on rocks inside of caves or in shaded areas.

Epibenthic refers to organisms That live on the surface of sediments at the bottom of the sea.

Scientific classification

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Bivalvia

Order: Pectinida

Family: Pectinidae

Genus: Nodipecten

Species: Nodipecten nodosus

Binomial name: Nodipecten nodosus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

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One 5 to 6 inch Lions Paw Single...... $2.10

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One 5 to 6 inch Lions Paw Pair a matching upper and lower shell.. $2.25

LION'S PAW PAIR SCALLOP SHELL (LYROPECTNEN NODOSUS) This bivalve shell is in the Scallop family. Some blemishes and predator marks are common on outside of shell. The Lion's Paw is a thick heavy shell its width. The color is dark or light red, orange (primary color) and yellow. Our Lion's Paws are in their natural state. They will show natural occurring blemishes and battle scars. These are great collector shells but not considered gallery perfect. Lion's Paws are found off shore in the West Indies and along the Atlantic coast of South America, south to Argentina.

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One 5 to 6 inch Orange lion's Paw Scallop Shell Pair (matching top and bottom of bivavle shell)......$8.95

ORANGE LIONS PAW SCALLOP SHELL SINGLES Some blemishes and predator marks are common on outside of shell. DescriptionOrange Lions Paws are bivalve Mollusks (a soft-bodied, legless, invertebrate animal that usually secretes a calcareous shell). Bivalve means, they have an upper and matching lower shell that is hinged together. This listing offers an assortment of upper and lower shells of the bivalve, not matching pairs. Scallops move by opening and closing their hinged upper and lower shells; this action jettisons out water allowing the animal to move through its off shore water environment. The Lions Paw is a heavy shell. The shell color varies from dark or bright red, orange and yellow. The Lions Paw ranges from the Gulf of Mexico, across the Caribbean to along the Atlantic facing shores of North and Northeast South America.

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One 5 to 6 inch Orange Lions Paw Scallop Single ...... $4.25

Calico Scallops, Natural color Rich Red and Orange (sold as a single shell not complete bivalve with matching upper and low shell)

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One Calico Scallop all natural color rich orange/red blend 1 6/8 inches or more..... .31

Natural Color Heart Scallops

Found in the Indo-Pacific region

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One Natural Color Heart Scallop 3 7/8 to 4 1/2 inches.... .70

HSS1-14 One White Heart Shaped Scallop Shell 4 to 4 1/2 inches.....$1.10

SHP1-14 One Pink Heart Scallop 4 to 5 inches.... $1.75

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