Macassar Scallop

Annachlamys striatula

• Group: Other
• For divers: safe

The Macassar scallop is common on sandy and coralline bottoms, where it rests on the sea floor filtering food from passing currents. Like other scallops it can clap its valves to swim in short bursts when a predator draws near.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Pectinida › Pectinidae › Annachlamys

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 393967.