OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Shell

MEDIAObject

COLLECTIONNepean Historical Society

REG NO.1081

HISTORY

Found on bay beaches

DESCRIPTION

Scallop Shell - Pecten Alba
Family: Pectinidae
Fan-shaped bivalve - mollusc rests in the hollowed valve. Moves through the water by flapping valves together.

KEYWORDS

Natural history / conchology / shells / bay beaches / Sorrento / Reed, Sydney