Description

*Spondylus multimuricatus* and other species in the family Spondylidae are colloquially known as "spiny oysters" although they more closely related to scallops than true oysters. <br><br> Scallops are a cosmopolitan family of bivalves which are found in all of the world's oceans, although never in fresh water. They are one of very few groups of bivalves to be primarily "free-living", with many species capable of rapidly swimming short distances and even of migrating some distance across the ocean floor. A small minority of scallop species live cemented to rocky substrates as adults, while others attach themselves to stationary or rooted objects such as sea grass at some point in their lives by means of a filament they secrete called a byssal thread. <br><br> More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spondylus<br><br> Accession #: 36.20<br><br> Captured with Artec Spider 3D Scanner https://www.artec3d.com/portable-3d-scanners/artec-spider-v2