Saddle Oyster (Anomia ephippium)

Helical Shells
Large Necklace Shell	Common Whelk
Red Whelk	Common Spindle Shell
Common Winkle	Flat Periwinkle
Dog Whelk	Netted Dog Whelk
Sting Winkle	Grey Top Shell
Painted Top Shell	Purple Top Shell
Thick Top Shell	Tower Shell
Needle Shell	Common Wendletrap
Acteon Shell	Pelican's Foot Shell

Bivalves
Cockle	Dog Cockle
Prickly Cockle	Norwegian Cockle
Pullet Carpet Shell	Cross-cut Carpet Shell
Banded Carpet Shell	Smooth Clam
Iceland Cyprina	Common Mussel
Otter Shell	Sand Gaper
Blunt Gaper	Common Piddock
American Piddock	White Piddock
Blunt Tellin	Rayed Artemis
Smooth Artemis	Warty Venus
Peppery Furrow Shell	Edible Oyster
Portuguese Oyster	Saddle Oyster
King Scallop	Queen Scallop
Variegated Scallop	Hunchback Scallop
Tiger Scallop	Striped Venus
Thick Trough Shell	Cut Trough Shell
Rayed Trough Shell	Banded Wedge Shell
Faroe Sunset Shell	Thin Tellin
Baltic Tellin	Pod Razor
Razor	Bean Razor
Curved Razor

Everything Else
Bonnet Shell	Common Limpet
Black Footed Limpet	China Limpet
Slipper Limpet	Common Tusk Shell
Cowrie Shell	European Cowrie

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Compared to other oysters, the shell of the Saddle Oyster is thinner and more brittle. It's roughly circular and up to 1½ inches wide. The upper valve has 3 muscle scars and the lower has a hole by which the animal attaches itself to rocks or other shells. The inside is shiny, sometimes metallic-looking.