APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

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Paper piddock
Pholadidea loscombiana
- shell 1

Paper piddock
Pholadidea loscombiana
- shell 2

Paper piddock
Pholadidea loscombiana
- shell 3

Paper piddock
Pholadidea loscombiana
- shell 4

Paper piddock
Pholadidea loscombiana
- shell 5

Paper piddock
Pholadidea loscombiana
- shell / hinge 1

Images taken by the author, of shells within the Royal Cornwall Museum collections. 13.11.11; also of shells from a private collection in Cornwall.

Only one recent record from the English Channel south of Black Head. Has been historically recorded from Falmouth, Gyllyngvase and Hayle. Like other Piddocks rarely recorded or found around the Cornish coast.

The lower three images on this page are, by agreement, copyright the Royal Institution of Cornwall.

Scientific and European Names:
Pholadidea loscombiana, Cadmusia solanderia, Pholas goodall, Pholas lamellata, Pholas papyracea, Pholas papyracea var. aborta, Pholas papyraceus, Pholas striata, Pholas sulcata, Pholas vibonensis, Paper piddock.

Location information provided by the author and from the ERICA records database for Cornwall. Scientific and Common Names used are largely gained from from the WoRMS Database.

The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help

people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.