Tiger Scallop (Chlamis tigerina)

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 Pacific 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 (Mysia undata) 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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The Tiger Scallop is a small shell up to about 1¼ inches across, with a distinctive pattern and unequal ears (broken off in this specimen). Markings can be brown, reddsih or purple.