SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Individual flame shell (Limaria hians) Loch Carron. Scotland, UK, January

Georgette Douwma / Electric fileclam / Disco clam (Ctenoides ales). West Papua, Indonesia. Indo-West Pacific.

David Fleetham / Fragile file shell (Lima fragilis) swimming by flapping its valves together, Hawaii.

Sue Daly / Flame shell (Limaria hians) Trondheimsfjord, Norway, July.

Fred Bavendam / Fire Clam (Ctenoides ales) produces a bioluminescence that streaks along the edge of its mantle, Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

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

Alex Mustard / Common hermit crab (Pagurus bernhardus) feeding on a Flame shell (Limaria hians) in a kelp (Laminaria hyperborea) forest, Loch Carron, Highlands, Scotland, UK..

Alex Mustard / Flame shell (Limaria hians) on bed of a sea loch, Loch Carron, Highlands, Scotland, UK.

Alex Mustard / Spider crab (Hyas sp.) feeding on a Flame shell (Limaria hians) while climbing on a kelp stipe, Loch Carron, Highlands, Scotland, UK.

Franco Banfi / Flame scallop (Limaria hians / Lima hians), Puolo, Punta Campanella Marine Protected area, Costa Amalfitana / Amalfi coast, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean. October

Franco Banfi / Flame scallop (Limaria hians / Lima hians), Puolo, Punta Campanella Marine Protected area, Costa Amalfitana / Amalfi coast, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean. October

Franco Banfi / Flame scallop (Limaria hians / Lima hians), Puolo, Punta Campanella Marine Protected area, Costa Amalfitana / Amalfi coast, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean. October