Here in the Northeast Pacific, we have a clam with the common name "Northwest ugly clam," Saxicola navicula (=saxicola). It has a rather misshapen shell, covered with periostracum, with very pearly nacre inside.
Roland
Roland C. Anderson, PhD
The Seattle Aquarium
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In a message dated 11/13/00 3:59:27 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:
<< There is nothing "ugly" in Nature - this exists only in the mind. Beauty
can be
found in ALL of nature, if one just looks for it!