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Show and Shell

November 9, 2020
TAS ’15 Trevor Hance shared this photo of an Atlantic Sea Scallop shell.

Photo: Trevor Hance

Atlantic sea scallops are a bivalve, along with clams, mussels, oysters, etc. that can get up to about 200 mm (about 8 inches) across, and most three year olds are in the 80-90 mm range.  Commercially, they are targeted between 4 ½ – 5 years old.  Scallops feed by filter-feeding through their mantle, which is housed inside the beautiful orange and white outer shell.
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