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2 unusual facts about Scallop


Bathtub Madonna

These factory produced enclosures sometimes have decorative features that their recycled counterparts lack, such as fluting reminiscent of a scallop shell.

Beaupré Hall

#Sir William Coggeshall, High Sheriff of Essex,(Sable a cross between four escallops) married Antiocha Hawkwood, daughter of Sir John Hawkwood.


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A. flava

Anomis flava, the cotton looper, tropical anomis or white-pupiled scallop moth, a moth species

Argopecten gibbus

The Atlantic calico scallop lives in the ocean (it is not found in bays) east of Cape Lookout and southwest of Beaufort Inlet and lives in up to 100-foot depths.

C. hastata

Chlamys hastata, the spear scallop or spiny scallop, a bivalve species

C. varia

Chlamys varia, the variegated scallop, a small scallop species

Havre-Saint-Pierre, Quebec

The town is also noted for the excellent fishing, being made up largely of snow crab, scallops, and lobster, with excellent salmon and trout to be found in the numerous rivers and lakes.

Jervis Bay

Popular diving sites include The Labyrinths, Gorgonian Wall, Point Perpendicular, a Fairey Firefly aeroplane, scallop beds, Middle Ground, Ten Fathom Reef, and Bowen Island.

Pectinidae

Pecten Müller, 1776 (includes the Great or King scallop, Pecten maximus, Japanese (sea) scallop, Pecten yessoensis, the New Zealand scallop, Pecten novaezealandiae, and the Ravenel or Round-rib scallop, Pecten raveneli)

Seashell

Maggi Hambling designed a striking 13 ft (4 m) high sculpture of a scallop shell which stands on the beach at Aldeburgh, in England.

Shell Pakistan

The logo or pecten’s design was based on the sea shell Pecten maximus, the giant scallop.

Volutoconus

They are sometimes accidentally caught by fishermen as bycatch on prawn or scallop trawlers.


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