Marine Shells of Fort Pickens, Gulf Islands National Seashore

This representative of species comes initially from the shell display at the Fort Pickens Ranger Station

All 43

Eastern Oyster ¹
Crassostrea virginica

Ponderous Ark ²
Eontia ponderosa

Turkey Wing ³
Arca zebra

Flat tree oyster ⁴
Isognomon alatus

Crested oyster ⁵
Ostreola equestris

Atlantic Pearl Oyster
Pinctada imbricata

Scorched Mussel ⁶
Brachidontes exustus

Atlantic Calico Scallop ⁵
Argopecten gibbus

Atlantic bay scallop ⁷
Argopecten irradians

zigzag scallop
Euvola ziczac

Rough scallop ⁶
Aequipecten muscosus

Anadara floridana ⁸

Transverse Ark Clam ⁶
Anadara transversa

Frond Oyster ⁹
Dendostrea frons

Edited by Jonathan (JC) Carpenter, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

Photo Credits

1. (c) Yolanda Villacampa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
2. (c) Victor W Fazio III, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Victor W Fazio III
3. (c) Fabio Moretzsohn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Fabio Moretzsohn
4. (c) Veronidae, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
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