North Island Explorer: Guide to North Vancouver Island

 

 

Giant Rock Scallop

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Giant Rock Scallop

Photo 1: A Giant Rock Scallop. (Photo taken at Willow Point Reef.)

 

Giant Rock Scallop: Crassadoma gigantea

 

This large scallop attaches itself to a rock and becomes covered with encrusting organisms so that often then only thing showing is the orange mantle with black dots for eyes.

 

 

 

 

Marine Life Guide to North Vancouver Island