| P number: | P521215 |
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| Caption: | A fossil specimen of Chlamys islandica. A fossil gastropod. (Mollusca, Gastropoda.) Langbank, east of railway station, Glasgow, Scotland. |
| Description: | Chlamys islandica is a boreal species of scallop which spread southwards as a result of colder climatic conditions which gradually extended over Europe during Pliocene times. British Geological Survey Biostratigraphy Collection number GSE 15092. Chlamys is in the same family as Pecten and other scallops. They have a subcircular, inequivalve shell, the right being rounded and the left flat, each valve has strong radial ribs for ornamentation. They have a large centrally-placed muscle scar, contraction of which expelled sea water and so provided propulsion to allow the bivalve to swim and possibly avoid predators. Figd. Hall, I.H.S., Browne, M.A.E. and Forsyth, I.H. Geology of the Glasgow district. Memoir for 1:50000 geological sheet 30E (Scotland). London : The Stationery Office for the British Geological Survey, 1998. |
| Date taken: | Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 2003 |
| Photographer: | Unknown |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 236.09 KB; 1000 x 775 pixels; 85 x 66 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 205 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Fossils |
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