Rocks with holes made by Piddocks 7

Common Piddock shell in rock burrow

Rocks with holes made by Piddocks 7 – Common Piddock shell in rock burrow, anterior end showing sharp spines on valves used as rasp for drilling, and the accessory protoplax plates to which muscles are attached for generating twisting actions in the drilling process. Washed ashore at Monmouth Beach in Lyme Regis, Dorset, England.

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