Unidentified Mollusk

I found lots of these stuck to rocks. They look like jingle shells, but larger. Maybe they are oysters, except that they don't look like the oysters I've seen on rocks in the past.

Habitat: Tidal pools during low tide

comments (9)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Did you touch them. Posted 5 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Of course! They were hard, smooth, and slippery. I picked them up by the shell and yet, the shell still stayed attached to the rocks! They were seriously attached. Posted 5 years ago

Patomarazul

Lion

I will put this one a part to see if I can come up with an alike :-) Posted 5 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Ha! I have more photos of them to post. I wonder if they could be European oysters, either with the top shell pulled off or something?? I have no clue. They were so strong though. It irritated me actually. Of course, I didn't want to hurt them, but I got to the point where I just wanted to pull one off a rock to see what it looked like underneath, but no matter how hard I pulled, I couldn't get it to budge, lol! Grr. I definitely ended up uttering expletives at them. Posted 5 years ago

Patomarazul

Lion

Oysters are bivalves so even though it looks like one I still think it must be a limpet. I will keep looking for an alike. Let's see if we have luck in IDing this one! Posted 5 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Very good point, Marta! Could the top half have been pulled off? Although, this doesn't really look like the bottom half of a shell...So, never mind...I am stumped, but agree that a limpet is likely. Posted 5 years ago
2. 1. Patomarazul
    
    Lion
    
    no, I don't think so. I think it is attaching very well to the rock, like a limpet would do. I will try to look for a match, let's see :-) Posted 5 years ago
  2. 1. Patomarazul
      
      Lion
      
      Check Jingle shells, Anomia. Looks alike.. Posted 5 years ago
    2. 1. Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        I think that might be it! Thanks! Posted 5 years ago

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