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
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Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Bivalves on the rocky shore, Zhifu Island. Shandong Province, China.
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Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of China / Bivalves on the rocky shore, Zhifu Island. Shandong Province, China.
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Ernie Janes / RF - Common starfish (Asterias rubens) with Razor shell (Ensis sp.) and Common sunstar (Crossaster papposus) Titchwell Beach, Norfolk, England, UK, March. (This image may be licensed either as rights...
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Ernie Janes / Large amounts of sea life including Common starfish (Asterias rubens) with Razor shells (Ensis) and Common sunstar (Crossaster papposus) washed up on the beach, Titchwell Beach, Norfolk, England, UK,...
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Ernie Janes / Large amounts of sea life including Common starfish (Asterias rubens) with Razor shells (Ensis) and Common sunstar (Crossaster papposus) washed up on the beach, Titchwell Beach, Norfolk, England, UK,...
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Ernie Janes / Large amounts of sea life including Common starfish (Asterias rubens) with Razor shells (Ensis) and Common sunstar (Crossaster papposus) washed up on the beach, Titchwell Beach, Norfolk, England, UK,...
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Ernie Janes / Common starfish (Asterias rubens) with Razor shells (Ensis) and Common sunstar (Crossaster papposus) washed up on the beach, Titchwell Beach, Norfolk, England, UK, March
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Ernie Janes / Large amounts of sea life including Common starfish (Asterias rubens) with Razor shells (Ensis) and Common sunstar (Crossaster papposus) washed up on the beach, Titchwell Beach, Norfolk, England, UK,...
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Ernie Janes / Large amounts of sea life including Common starfish (Asterias rubens) with Razor shells (Ensis) and Common sunstar (Crossaster papposus) washed up on the beach, Titchwell Beach, Norfolk, England, UK,...
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Georgette Douwma / Veined or Coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) using half a coconut shell and half of a bivalve as shelter. Ambon, Indonesia.
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Georgette Douwma / Veined or Coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) using half a coconut shell and half of a bivalve as shelter. Ambon, Indonesia.
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Staffan Widstrand / Seashells collected from beach, Triton Bay, Mainland New Guinea, Western Papua, Indonesian New Guinea
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Alex Mustard / Veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) sheltering in an old bivalve shell with an attendant Yellow pygmy goby (Lubricogobius exiguus). Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.
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Luis Quinta / Patterns made in sand by Mint-sauce worms (Symsagittifera roscoffensis / Convoluta roscoffensis) sunbathing at low tide to allow the symbiotic algae to photosynthesise with bivalve shell . Costa de Ca...
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Sue Daly / Flame shell (Limaria hians) Trondheimsfjord, Norway, July.
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Sue Daly / Scallop (Pecten maximus) escaping from Spiny Starfish (Marthasterias glacialis) Isle of Man, July.
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Sue Daly / Spiny Starfish (Marthasterias glacialis) preying on Scallop (Pecten maximus) Isle of Man, July.
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Sue Daly / Spiny Starfish (Marthasterias glacialis) preying on Scallop (Pecten maximus) Isle of Man, July.
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Sue Daly / Scallop (Pecten maximus) escaping from Spiny Starfish (Marthasterias glacialis) Isle of Man, July.
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Gary K. Smith / Razor shell (Ensis arcuatus) empty shells wahsed up on sand beach, Norfolk, England, July 2016.
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Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) biologist, Karine Tokatlian, collecting oystershells to spread in salt pond, which snowy plovers can use for camouflage, Eden Landing Ecological Reserve, Union City,...
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Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) biologists, Karine Tokatlian and Ben Pearl, collecting oystershells to spread in salt pond, which snowy plovers can use for camouflage, Eden Landing Ecological Reserv...
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Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) biologist, Ben Pearl, spreading oystershells in salt pond, which snowy plovers can use for camouflage, Eden Landing Ecological Reserve, Union City, Bay Area, Californ...
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Constantinos Petrinos / Margined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) young octopus seeking shelter. Octopus is inside a plastic cup and holds a bivalve shell with its arm so to put a lid on its plastic home. Lembeh Strait, Nor...
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Constantinos Petrinos / Margined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) young octopus seeking shelter among litter on the ocean floor. Octopus is inside a plastic cup and is dragging a bivalve shell with its arm so as to put a li...
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Constantinos Petrinos / Margined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) young octopus seeking shelter among litter on the ocean floor. Octopus is inside a plastic cup and is dragging a bivalve shell with its arm so as to put a li...
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Constantinos Petrinos / Margined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) hiding inside bivalve shell and looking out. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Margined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) hiding inside bivalve shell and looking out. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Margined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) burying its home, a bivalve shell, under the sand for added protection. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Margined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) looking out of its bivalve shell, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Margined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) burying its home, a bivalve shell, under the sand for added protection. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Margined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) looking outside bivalve shell. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Margined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) hiding inside bivalve shell and looking out. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Margined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) hiding inside bivalve shell and looking out. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Margined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) burying its home, a bivalve shell, under the sand for added protection. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Margined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) looking out whilst burying its home, a bivalve shell, under the sand for added protection. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Margined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) burying its home, a bivalve shell, under the sand for added protection. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Margined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) burying its home, a bivalve shell, under the sand for added protection. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Margined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) burying its home, a bivalve shell, under the sand for added protection. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Margined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) burying its home, a bivalve shell, under the sand for added protection. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Margined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) hiding inside bivalve shell and looking out. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Margined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) hiding inside bivalve shell and looking out. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Margined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) hiding inside bivalve shell and looking out. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Margined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) hiding inside bivalve shell and looking out. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Margined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) burying its home, a bivalve shell, under the sand for added protection. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Margined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) hiding inside bivalve shell and looking out. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Margined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) hiding inside bivalve shell and looking out. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Margined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) hiding inside bivalve shell and looking out. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Margined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) walking on the seafloor while holding and carrying its home, two bivalve shells. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Margined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) hiding inside bivalve shell and looking out. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Ingo Arndt / Pacific Razor Clam (Siliqua patula) open shells in sand on beach, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA. June 2013.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / King scallop (Pecten maximus) with hydroids, South Arran Marine Protected Area, Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK, August.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / King scallop (Pecten maximus) with bryozoan on the shell, South Arran Marine Protected Area, Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK, August.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Two King scallops (Pecten maximus), South Arran Marine Protected Area, Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK, August.
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Alex Mustard / Scallop (Pecten maximus) Loch Carron, Ross and Comarty, Scotland, Great Britain. North East Atlantic Ocean.
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Ernie Janes / Sea shells on beach including Razor clams (Ensis siliqua) Mussels (Mytilus) Norfolk, England, UK, February.
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Ernie Janes / Sea shells on beach including Razor clams (Ensis silqua) and Cockle shells, Norfolk, England, UK, February.
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Ernie Janes / Large mass of Razor shells (Ensis siliqua) washed ashore on Thornham Creek, Titchwell Norfolk, England, UK. July.
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Ernie Janes / Large mass of Razor shells (Ensis siliqua) washed ashore on Thornham Creek, Titchwell Norfolk, England, UK. July.
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Richard Robinson / Green-lipped mussel shells (Perna canaliculus) in Breaksea Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand.
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Richard Robinson / Horse Mussel (Atrina zelandica) in Breaksea Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand. April 2014
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Richard Robinson / Horse mussel (Atrina zelandica) showing gills, Breaksea Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Margined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) hiding inside bivalve shell and looking out. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Constantinos Petrinos / Margined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) looking outside bivalve shell. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Alex Hyde / Acorn barnacle (Semibalanus balanoides) growing on shell of Common Mussel (Mytilus edulis), Isle of Skye, Scotland, April.
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Pete Oxford / Penguin Wing Oyster (Pteria penguin) shell with black pearls, Fiji
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Pete Oxford / Penguin Wing Oyster (Pteria penguin) shell with black pearls, Fiji
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Dong Lei / Giant clam (Tridacna gigas) shell for sale in market, Haikou City, Hainan province, China, Asia. January.
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Alex Hyde / Razor Shell (Ensis siliqua), Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK. May.
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Alex Mustard / Noble pen shell (Pinna nobilis), a large bivalve shell (this individual was about 60cm/2ft), endemic to the Mediterraean, grows vertically from a bed of Caulerpa algae. Calasetta, Island of Sant'Antio...
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Alex Mustard / Decorative sea silk, woven from the spun byssus threads produced by the large bivalve mollusc, the Noble pen shell (Pinna nobilis). Calasetta, Island of Sant'Antioco, Sardinia, Italy. Mediterranean Se...
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Ernie Janes / Razor Shell (Ensis siliqua) washed up on Titchwell marsh, Norfolk, May
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Franco Banfi / Pen shell (Pinna nobilis) in seagrass meadow of Nepture grass (Posidonia oceanica), Ischia Island, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean
Duncan Usher / St James Scallop (Pecten jacobaeus) shells, Donana National Park, Andalucia, Spain. Sequence 1 of 2
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Alex Mustard / A young veined octopus (coconut octopus: Amphioctopus marginatus) shelters in an empty bivalve shell by pulling the two halves together with its arms. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Alex Mustard / Veined octopus /coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) young, shelters in an old bivalve shell, while exposed on the open sand. Puri Jati, Bali, Indonesia, South East Asia.
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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.
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Philippe Clement / Saddle oyster / Jingle shell (Anomia ephippium) on beach, Brittany, France
