Here are some close-up photographs of the Common Piddock – Pholas dactylus Linnaeus (Mollusca; Bivalvia; Pholadacea; Pholadidae) showing details that are important for its specific identification. The specimen in the first three images still has the dead animal within the shells. This is one that I collected from those I found at Monmouth Beach in … Continue reading Common Piddocks – rock-boring molluscs