
Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- washed off rock after storm 2
Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- shell top valve exterior 1
Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- shell top valve interior 1
Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- shell top valve exterior 2
Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- shell top valve interior 2
Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- shell top valve exterior 3
Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- shell top valve interior 3
Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- shell top valve exterior 4
Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- shell top valve interior 4
Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- shell top valve exterior 5
Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- shell top valve interior 5
Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- shell lower valve interior 1
Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- shell top valve interior 6
Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- shell lower valve interior 2
Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- shell lower valve 1
Saddle oyster
Anomia ephippium
- live animal / top valve 1
Images taken at Batten Beach, Plymouth, Devon; Porth Kidney Sands and Carnsew Pool near Hayle, Cornwall; and Par Beach and Spit Point near St. Austell, Cornwall.
Scientific and European Names:
Anomia ephippium, Saddle oyster, Paardenzadel, Anomie pelure D'oignon, Sattelmuschel, Zwiebelmuschel.