Name/Title
Clam (fossil)Entry/Object ID
78.57.146 (a)Description
Crystal System: Hexagonal System
Description: Phylum: Mollusca
Class Bivalaia
Sub-Class: Gastropoda
Common Name Scallop Shell
Age: undetermined
Location: Chareston area, Southern Oregon Coast
Description:One fossil pecten shell with good detail.
Physical Characteristics:
The Pectinidae (from Latin pecten meaning comb), common name "scallops", are a family of saltwater bivalve mollusks. They are hermaphrodite, and the male gonads mature first. There are numerous species of various sizes in all of the oceans, and a number species are of commercial importance. Some pectinidae live attached by means of a filament they secrete, others are simply recumbent, but a form of jet-propulsion created by repeatedly clapping their valves closed can propel them swiftly but erratically through the water when they sense the presence of a predator such as a starfish.
Fracture: Conchoidal
Genus: Gastropoda
Grain Size: Fine
Hardness: 3 Calcite
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Luster: Vitreous
Class: Bivalvia
Phylum: Mollusca
Rock Origin: Terrestrial
Rock Type: Sedimentary
Streak: whiteCollection
Fossil CollectionAcquisition
Accession
78.57Source or Donor
Delmar Smith Fossil CollectionAcquisition Method
DonationLocation
Location
Container
LeftDrawer
Top ShelfShelf
LeftCabinet
Case # 2Wall
WestRoom
Fossil RoomBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
Permanent
