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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Deepsea oyster
Neopycnodonte cochlear
- dorsal exterior shell 1

Deepsea oyster
Neopycnodonte cochlear
- ventral exterior shell 1

Deepsea oyster
Neopycnodonte cochlear
- dorsal exterior shell 2

Deepsea oyster
Neopycnodonte cochlear
- interior of shell 1

Deepsea oyster
Neopycnodonte cochlear
- group of shells 1

Deepsea oyster
Neopycnodonte cochlear
- group of shells 2

Deepsea oyster
Neopycnodonte cochlear
- on plastic float 1

Specimens were found by T. Tucker on a small plastic float that washed-ashore at Praa Sands, near Helston, Cornwall. 10.03.2001. The float was covered with deepsea corals, Desmophyllum pertusum syn. Lophelia pertusa and a number of Desmophyllum dianthus, Cockscomb cup coral.

All fauna on the buoy was kindly identified by Helmut Zibrowius.

Specimens photographed from the marine collection of Stella Turk M.B.E., images taken 07. 10.16. The marine collection of Stella Turk is curated by the author of this website at his home in Penzance, Cornwall. Its intended use is as a reference collection, access is by appointment only, further information is available on request.

Image of plastic float with kind permission and copyright Dr. Paul Gainey.

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.

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