Curious to what this clam/scallop is.

[randomfishdude]

We noticed this guy on one of our rocks in my mother's tank. Wonderd what kind it was.

 

[MnFish1]

Great that you provided blue and white pics!! - @vetteguy53081 may know

 

[randomfishdude]

Great that you provided blue and white pics!! - @vetteguy53081 may know

Oops. Didn't mean to put a white pic.

 

[MnFish1]

Oops. Didn't mean to put a white pic.

The white pic is much easier to see/use - you did a good thing!!

 

[randomfishdude]

The white pic is much easier to see/use - you did a good thing!!

Why would I make it easey?

 

[MnFish1]

Why would I make it easey?

The blue light often makes things look different on an online picture. White more easily shows what it is. Posting both - best IMHO

 

[Subsea]

I doubt a clam. Does look like a scallop of sorts. What size is that for reference?

Give a little history on the rock and your mothers system.

 

[vetteguy53081]

We noticed this guy on one of our rocks in my mother's tank. Wonderd what kind it was.

This is a Bi-valve often confused with a clam and comes in on wild rock. They are a short lived filter feeder and a member of scallop family

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I doubt a clam. Does look like a scallop of sorts. What size is that for reference?

Give a little history on the rock and your mothers system.

Agreed - this looks like a scallop of some kind.

Bivalve is a general term for members of the taxonomic class Bivalvia, which includes all clams, oysters, scallops, mussels, cockles, etc.

Bivalves are all creatures in the taxonomic class Bivalvia; all clams, oysters, mussels, scallops, cockles, etc. are bivalves differentiated by lower taxonomic classifications.

 

[randomfishdude]

Agree on scallop. It's had to of ether moved or grown there. The rock was dry rock life stuff.