Scallop
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: This fossil is a scallop shell. Scallops are marine bivalves with two halves, known as valves, that are connected by a ligament acting as a hinge. This fossil has both valves present and closed, which is how the scallop would have appeared in life. The shell measures about 8cm x 9.5cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 9 Jan 2024
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Pectinidae
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO404605
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Mollusca, Bivalvia, Ostreoida, Pectinidae