David Fleetham / Thorny Oyster shell (Spondylus varians), Komodo, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Bivalve mollusc lives in crevices in colonies of living hard corals. Only the the shell opening and mantle are visible, along with the minute eyes along its margin, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
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Juergen Freund / Details of Thorny oyster (Spondylus varius) with "eyes" in its mantle edge near the shell, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
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Juergen Freund / Jewelmer Pearlfarm, Goldlip pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima) with golden pearl on beach, Palawan, Philippines, May 2009
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Billy Black / Starfish in half Oyster (Lophia folium) shell lying on bed of seaweed. Pumpkin Island, Maine, USA.
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Martin Gabriel / European mussel {Mytilus galloprovincialis} shell in sand. Europe.
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Tony Wu / Striped poison-fang blenny mimic (Petroscirtes breviceps) male inside bivalve shell, guarding eggs laid by different females adhered to inside of shell. Shizuoka Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. June.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Individual flame shell (Limaria hians) Loch Carron. Scotland, UK, January
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Georgette Douwma / Electric fileclam / Disco clam (Ctenoides ales). West Papua, Indonesia. Indo-West Pacific.
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Nick Upton / Kelp fly (Fucellia maritima) on Mussel (Mytilus edulis) shell exposed at low tide. Treyarnon Bay, Cornwall, England, UK. September.
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Claudio Contreras / Fisherman collecting Pen Shell Clam (Atrina maura), San Ignacio Lagoon, El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve, Baja California, Mexico, March
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Claudio Contreras / Diver Ramon Aguilar Villavicencio collecting Pen Shell Clam (Atrina maura), San Ignacio Lagoon, El Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve, Baja California, Mexico, March
