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submitted by Museum Administration on 17.10.2003

Saddle Oyster, top valves

Saddle Oyster, top valves
Copyright (2003) Kythera Museum Of Natural History

The upper valve of the Saddle Oyster, Anomia ephippoum, is rough and scaly on the outside, but has a lovely orangey-yellow, pearly sheen on the interior. Photograph ©James Prineas, 2003

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