Here are some more empty Flat Oyster shells, Ostrea edulis Linnaeus, found on British seashores. These demonstrate the incredible varaiety of shape, colour and infestation damage to be found in this species – which is our Native Oyster in Britain. The variation in oyster shells tells us something about the place in which they lived and what has happened to them since the death of the animal and removal of the meat. This kind of study of oyster shells is useful to naturalists, aquaculturalists, historians, and archaeologists.
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Wow, I’ve searched and cannot find out anything about those oyster shells with all the pink on them! I’m in the US on the east coast mid Atlantic region and was given a half bushel of oysters that look like this and saved the shells because I’ve never seen them before and still have not! Wish I knew the species….
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Hi Stacey. If you send me some photos of the oyster shells, showing both the left and right valves, inside and out surfaces, then I might be able to tell you something about them. Send to winderjssc@aol.com.
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