as stated or implied, the pictures of the scallops on the deck where
the four divers are shucking them are clearly Placopecten
magellanicus, the living animal pictures are bay scallops eg the
ribbed shells (Placopecten are totally smooth).


On 11/18/14, Harry Lee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Nice story; thanks, Tom.
>
> Perhaps of relevance here are the facts that I
> grew up in NJ and shared some of the writer's
> childhood aspirations: I believe the scallops in
> play here are Placopecten magellanicus (Gmelin,
> 1791), which is limited to offshore waters. To
> the north, e.g., ME and maritime Canada. one may
> fing them living in lesser depths that those one must plumb in NJ to find
> them.
>
> The posted chronicle and its analysis reveal some
> major disconnects for us malacologists, to wit:
>     * Anatomy: The (most) edible portion of the
> Sea Scallop is the adductor, not the abductor
> muscle. As with the majority of bivalves,
> abduction is effected by the hinge ligament.
>     * Taxonomy: Although the picture of the
> frying pan contains the adductor muscles of the
> harvested Sea Scallops, the close-ups of the
> living animal(s) depict a not-so-closely-related
> species (co-opted from the www as stated by the author).
>     * Nomenclature: Gmelin (1791: 3317-3318:
> <http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10290#page/297/mode/1up>)
> named Ostrea magellanica from the Straits of
> Magellan - several thousand miles from the nearest living populations.
> Harry
>
> [Gmelin, J.F.] Linné, C. a, 1791. Systema naturae
> per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia.
> vol. 1(6). Emanuel Beer, Leipzig. Pp. 3021-3909.
> [Vermes testacea 3202-3748].
> <http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#page/5/mode/1up>Gmelin
>
>
> At 08:16 PM 11/16/2014, Tom Ball wrote:
>>Enjoyable article on diving for scallops on the ScubaBoard website:
>>
>><http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/content/844-diving-scallops.html?utm_source=eNewsletterPro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ScubaBoard_News_Recap__1245>http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/content/844-diving-scallops.html?utm_source=eNewsletterPro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ScubaBoard_News_Recap__1245
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