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Scallop fisherman Stan Breban caught this fan mussel, Atrina fragilis, while dredging for scallops on the 30 January 2007. The shell length was 23.0 cm. The maximum shell width was 12.83 cm (measured with callipers) and the maximum thickness of both valves of the living animal was 5.04 cm. The bivalve drained of free water weighed 293 grams. The fan mussel was caught in 54 fathoms of water somewhere south-east of Sark to the east of the Longue Bank. Stan told me he sees about four of these fan mussels per year. The live Atrina fragilis was returned to a net bag under the pontoon by the fish quay in St. Peter Port harbour after photography. Later Stan returned the live bivalve mollusc to the open sea. File No. 1-875 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
This prickly cockle, Acanthocardia echinata, was washed up on the beach in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast after eastly winds. The animal was collected and photographed on 13 January 2005. Identification was made by Jan Light of the British Conchology Society. File No. 130105 30-764 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
A prickly cockle, Acanthocardia echinata, showing the short siphons and siphon tentacles. The cockle was washed up on the beach in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast after a period of eastly winds. It was photographed on the surface of Belle Greve Bay sand and silt on 13 January 2005. File No. 130105 32-764 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
Jujubinus striatus eel grass BG 051106 32-869 smg
ormer mouth Haliotis tuberculata 32-633 smg
The posterior end of a Guernsey abalone or ormer, Haliotis tuberculata, showing the shell spiral and the mantle's green tentacles. File No. 22-667 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The eye of an abalone or ormer, Haliotis tuberculata, peering out from under its shell. The mantle is fringed with green tentacles. Guernsey ormers are a seafood delicacy. Recreational harvesters gather them from the shore during daylight hours during the days of the new or full moon and the two days following during the first four months of the year. All ormers must have a shell length of at least 80 mm to be retained. File no. 23-667 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
flat periwinkle yellow Littorina obtusata LEree 27-731 smg
A netted dog whelk, Hinia reticulata, crawling along the Guernsey seashore on 16 April 2003. File No. 160403 21-665 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
Scallop fisherman Stan Breban caught this fan mussel, Atrina fragilis, while dredging for scallops on the 30 January 2007. The shell length was 23.0 cm. The maximum shell width was 12.83 cm (measured with callipers) and the maximum thickness of both valves of the living animal was 5.04 cm. The bivalve drained of free water weighed 293 grams.
The fan mussel was caught in 54 fathoms of water somewhere south-east of Sark to the east of the Longue Bank. Stan told me he sees about four of these fan mussels per year. The live Atrina fragilis was returned to a net bag under the pontoon by the fish quay in St. Peter Port harbour after photography. Later Stan returned the live bivalve mollusc to the open sea.

File No. 1-875
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
Scallop fisherman Stan Breban caught this fan mussel, Atrina fragilis, while dredging for scallops on the 30 January 2007. The shell length was 23.0 cm. The maximum shell width was 12.83 cm (measured with callipers) and the maximum thickness of both valves of the living animal was 5.04 cm. The bivalve drained of free water weighed 293 grams. The fan mussel was caught in 54 fathoms of water somewhere south-east of Sark to the east of the Longue Bank. Stan told me he sees about four of these fan mussels per year. The live Atrina fragilis was returned to a net bag under the pontoon by the fish quay in St. Peter Port harbour after photography. Later Stan returned the live bivalve mollusc to the open sea. File No. 1-875 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
Scallop fisherman Stan Breban caught this fan mussel, Atrina fragilis, while dredging for scallops on the 30 January 2007. The shell length was 23.0 cm. The maximum shell width was 12.83 cm (measured with callipers) and the maximum thickness of both valves of the living animal was 5.04 cm. The bivalve drained of free water weighed 293 grams.
The fan mussel was caught in 54 fathoms of water somewhere south-east of Sark to the east of the Longue Bank. Stan told me he sees about four of these fan mussels per year. The live Atrina fragilis was returned to a net bag under the pontoon by the fish quay in St. Peter Port harbour after photography. Later Stan returned the live bivalve mollusc to the open sea.

File No. 1-875
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
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