#4635 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs

Variegated Scallop

🇳🇱 Bonte mantel ·Mimachlamys varia

🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Yves LE BAIL · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Philippe Geniez · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Zeeuwse meren, 158_13_400, NL:© Marjolein Vereijken · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Maasvlakte 2, Maasvlakte, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Nederland:© Carla van Westing · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Dreischor, Frans Kok rif:© Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Schouwen-Duiveland, Pays-Bas:© Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Zeeuwse meren, 158_13_400, NL:© Marjolein Vereijken · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Mimachlamys varia , also known under common names variegated scallop and black scallop , is a species of small scallop, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pectinidae, the scallops. It occurs in the North Sea, the English Channel, the eastern Atlantic Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea.

base stats

NL sightings 50iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,392iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).