Euvola ziczac (Linnaeus, 1758)
''I got the fever, but not for gold in the grownd'' ....collecting variations makes never more sense than in the Pecten family and this species is especially colourful and variable, a treasure and worth spending time searching for truely magnificent pieces like these old collection beauties from Florida taken in the early 70's.
Aequipecten palmeri (Dall)
These days you you will find it hard to obtain a normal pink specimen and even in its best days this Baja California species was not at all common, so you can imagine what it means to have a true yellow piece like this rare and authentic specimen here wich was one of the treasures in the private collection of the late Virginia Upton, a Lady with profound knowledge of the Baja California habitat.
Mimachlamys senatoria (Gmelin, 1791)
Personally I find colours irresistible and this species is a particulary nice subject due to its rather large size and most brilliant colours; in order to avoid becoming the laughing stuff of chinese shell dealers I limit myself to two drawers tightly packed with these: when a new one arrives an old one has to go, no exception is made however painful the decission might be.
Chlamys multisquamata (Dunker, 1864)
You might think this is not the most interesting species among my bivalves but if I would tell you the actual size of this GEM piece then you were likely get a green and yellow face! So I only say that much: this was one of the showcase beauties in the collection of Tom and Paula Honker of Florida and it is a pleasure to know these two people who are as much at home underwater as I am on land.
Hinnites giganteus (Gray, 1825)
The Giant Rock Scallop is a most unusual species and shows characteristics somewhere in between Spondylus and Pecten, for it starts life growing as a free floating bivalve (which is still visible in this picture if you look closely) but later when maturing it attaches itself to a rock and grows like any oyster or Spondylus with the lower valve firmly attachet to the underground.
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