Christophe Courteau / Queen scallop valve open {Chalmys opercularis} Brittany France

Toby Roxburgh / Cleaning and processing of King scallops (Pecten genus) prior to auction at Brixham Harbour, Devon, England, UK, 2009.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Giant / King scallop (Pecten maximus) seabed covered in shells, Moere coastline, Norway, February 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Queen scallop (Chlamys / Aequipecten opercularis) close-up showing eyes in a row, Lofoten, Norway, November 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgre / Queen scallop (Chlamys / Aequipecten opercularis) swimming, Lofoten, Norway, November 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Queen scallop (Chlamys / Aequipecten opercularis) swimming, Lofoten, Norway, November 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Queen scallop (Chlamys / Aequipecten opercularis) swimming, Lofoten, Norway, November 2008

Rod Clarke / John Downer Produ / Flame scallops (Chlamys) clap their shells together to propel themselves away from predators. (Resolution restriction due to image digitised from film - 'Weird Nature' BBC tv series)

Ashley Cooper / Scallop dredging nets on the side of a trawler in Kirkudbright harbour, Scotland, April.

Ashley Cooper / Sacks of Scallops landed on Ullapool harbour, Scotland, UK, September.

Jeff Rotman / Fishermen harvesting scallops from a scallop dredge on a scallop boat. Cousins Island, Maine, USA, January. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Fishermen harvesting scallops from a scallop dredge on a scallop boat. Cousins Island, Maine, USA, January. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Fishermen harvesting scallops from a scallop dredge on a scallop boat. Cousins Island, Maine, USA, January. Model released.

Jeff Rotman / Fishermen harvesting scallops from a scallop dredge on a scallop boat. Cousins Island, Maine, USA, January. Model released.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Two King scallops (Pecten maximus), South Arran Marine Protected Area, Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK, August.

Jeff Rotman / Spiny Pink Scallop (Chlamys hastata) encrusted with sponge showing eyes peering out. Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Ocean

Jeff Rotman / Spiny Pink Scallop (Chlamys hastata) encrusted with sponge showing eyes peering out, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Ocean

Jeff Rotman / Spiny Pink Scallop (Chlamys hastata) encrusted with sponge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Ocean

Jeff Rotman / Spiny Pink Scallops (Chlamys hastata) encrusted with sponges, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Ocean.

Jeff Rotman / Spiny Pink Scallops (Chlamys hastata) encrusted with sponge, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Ocean.

Nick Upton / Variegated scallop (Chlamys varia) filter feeding with its valves partly open while attached to a boulder in a rockpool low on the shore, with a Common limpet (Patella vulgata) in the background, near...

Nick Upton / Variegated scallop (Chlamys varia) attached to a boulder in a rockpool low on the shore, with a Common limpet (Patella vulgata) in the background, near Falmouth, Cornwall, UK, August.

Sue Daly / Giant scallop (Pecten maximus) close up detail, Channel Islands, UK June Highly commended in the category of Close to Nature Category of the BWPA Competition 2014.

Sue Daly / Giant scallop (Pecten maximus) Channel Islands, UK May

Juan Carlos Munoz / Fossil of a Scallop shell (Pecten sp) from the lower Cretaceous era

Philippe Clement / Variegated scallop (Chlamys / Mimachlamys varia) shells on beach, Brittany, France

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Diver collecting Queen scallop (Aequipecten / Chlamys opercularis). Note this shot was posed and the scallop was never actually touched. Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Diver collecting Queen scallop (Aequipecten / Chlamys opercularis). Note this shot was posed and the scallop was never actually touched. Loch Carron, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, UK, April.

Sue Daly / Scallop (Pecten maximus). Channel Islands, UK, July.

Juergen Freund / Dried sharks' fins, scallops, and other marine products for sale in Hong Kong's Sheung Wan district, April 2009.

Graham Eaton / Giant Scallop (Pecten maximus) on shingle bank, Cardigan Bay, Ceredigion, Wales, September.

Sue Daly / Giant scallop (Pecten maximus) on seabed, feeding, showing mantle, Channel Isles, UK, June

Toby Roxburgh / King scallops (Pecten genus) for sale at a fish auction.

Toby Roxburgh / Cleaning and processing of King scallops (Pecten genus) prior to auction at Brixham Harbour, Devon, England, UK, 2009.

Toby Roxburgh / King scallops (Pecten genus), caught by boat and dredge, in crate at Brixham Harbour, Devon, England, UK, 2009.

Toby Roxburgh / King scallops (Pecten genus), caught by boat and dredge, in crate at Brixham Harbour, Devon, England, UK, 2009.

Toby Roxburgh / King scallops (Pecten genus), in crate on quay after unloading from a trawler, Brixham Harbour, Devon, England, UK, 2009.

Philippe Clement / Variegated scallop (Chlamys varia / Mimachlamys varia) shells on beach showing the ears of right and left valves, Brittany, France

Philippe Clement / Variegated scallop (Chlamys / Mimachlamys varia) shells of the red variety, Brittany, France

Robert Thompson / Giant scallop {Pecten maximus} close up of mantle, Northern Ireland, April

Angelo Gandolfi / Scallop shell (Argopecten sp) or Shell of St James, the traditional emblem of the Way of St. James or Camino de Santiago, Galicia, Spain.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / King / Giant scallop (Pecten maximus) in the sand, Moere coastline, Norway, February 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Queen scallop (Chlamys / Aequipecten opercularis) swimming, Lofoten, Norway, November 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Queen scallop (Chlamys / Aequipecten opercularis) swimming over wreck, Lofoten, Norway, November 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Queen scallop (Chlamys / Aequipecten opercularis) close-up showing eyes in a row, Lofoten, Norway, November 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lundgren / Queen scallop (Aequipecten / Chlamys opercularis) swimming over wreck, Lofoten, Norway, November 2008

Philippe Clement / Scallop shell {Flexopecten flexuosus} Belgium

Philippe Clement / Variegated scallops (Chlamys / Mimachlamys varia), Belgium

Philippe Clement / Variegated scallop (Chlamys / Mimachlamys varia) on beach, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Scallop shell {Flexopecten flexuosus} on beach, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Scallop shell {Flexopecten flexuosus} on beach, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Scallop shell (Pecten jacobaeus), Normandy, France

Philippe Clement / Queen scallop (Aequipecten / Chlamys opercularis) shell, Mediterranean, France

Philippe Clement / Queen scallop (Aequipecten / Chlamys opercularis) shell on beach, Mediterranean, France

Philippe Clement / Variegated scallop (Chlamys varia / Mimachlamys varia) shell on beach, Normandy, France

Philippe Clement / Variegated scallop (Chlamys varia / Mimachlamys varia) shell, Normandy, France

Philippe Clement / Variegated scallop (Chlamys varia / Mimachlamys varia) shell on beach, Mediterranean, France

Philippe Clement / Scallop shell (Pecten jacobaeus) on beach, Normandy, France

Philippe Clement / Queen scallop (Aequipecten / Chlamys opercularis) shell, Mediterranean, France

Philippe Clement / Queen scallop (Aequipecten / Chlamys opercularis) shell on beach, Mediterranean, France

Philippe Clement / Collection of shells: Rayed trough shell (Mactra stultorum cinerea / Mactra corallina cinerea), Common oyster (Ostrea edulis), Scallop shell (Pecten jacobeus), Smooth cockle / Norway cockle (Laevicard...

Philippe Clement / Variegated scallop (Chlamys varia / Mimachlamys varia) shell, Normandy, France

Philippe Clement / Variegated scallop (Chlamys varia / Mimachlamys varia) shell on beach, Normandy, France

Philippe Clement / Variegated scallop (Chlamys varia / Mimachlamys varia) shells, Mediterranean, France

Philippe Clement / Scallop shell (Pecten jacobaeus), Normandy, France

Philippe Clement / Fishermen unload bags of Scallops (Pecten jacobeus) from fishing boat at the Erquy port, Brittany, France. May 2008.

Philippe Clement / Fishermen unload bags of Scallops (Pecten jacobeus) from fishing boat at the Erquy port, Brittany, France. May 2008.

Philippe Clement / Scallop shell (Pecten jacobeus) washed ashore among seaweed on the beach, Brittany, France

Graham Eaton / Giant scallop (Pecten maximus) swimming, Cardigan Bay, Wales, UK, November

Graham Eaton / Giant Scallop (Pecten maximus) Cardigan Bay, Wales, UK, November

John Cancalosi / Fossilised Scallops (Pecten genus), bivalve molluscs, Miocene Period, Southern France

Jeff Rotman / Scallop (Chlamys sp.) portrait with eyes peering out of white mantle fringes. Puget Sound, Canada, Pacific Ocean.

Graham Eaton / Juvenile Giant scallop (Pecten maximus) showing tentacles and eyes, Cardigan Bay, Wales, UK 2007

Graham Eaton / Queen Scallop (Chlamys / Aequipecten opercularis) showing its eyes, Wales, UK 2007

Graham Eaton / Queen Scallop (Chlamys / Aequipecten opercularis) showing its eyes, Wales, UK 2007

Nature Production / Eyespots on mantle of Noble Scallop {Mimachlamys nobilis} captive, Japan

Alan James / Giant scallop, close-up of mantel (Pecten maximus) Devon, UK

Kim Taylor / Queen scallop showing eyes {Chlamys opercularis}

Kim Taylor / Queen scallop showing eyes {Chlamys opercularis}

Hans Christoph Kappel / Close-up of a Queen scallop mantle and eyes. Europe.

Doug Wechsler / Pink scallops (Chlamys sp.) Puget Sound. Washington State, USA

Alan James / Giant scallop, off Devon, UK

Niall Benvie / Queen Scallop shells on kelp. (Chlamys opercularis) Scotland

David Fleetham / Scallops (Chlamys hastate), Whidbey Island, Washington, USA.

Norbert Wu / Banded Coral Shrimp (Stenopus hispidus) in front of Flame Scallops (Lima scabra), West Palm Beach, Florida

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Group of Rough scallops (Aequipecten muscosus) portrait, Gulf Specimen Marine Lab, Florida, USA. Captive.

Shane Gross / Researchers from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science lowering Scallop (Argopecten irradians) cage into sea. The Virginia scallop fishery collapsed in the 1930s as seagrass beds disappeared from t...

Shane Gross / Researchers from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science pouring Scallops (Argopecten irradians) into cage. The Virginia scallop fishery collapsed in the 1930s as seagrass beds disappeared from the a...

Shane Gross / Bay scallops (Argopecten irradians). The Virginia scallop fishery collapsed in the 1930s as seagrass beds disappeared from the area. Raising scallops in cages where they are protected from predators a...