Category Archives: MODERN OYSTER SHELLS

Wild Oysters on the Queensland Coast Part 2

Posted on April 7, 2020 by winderjssc

The oysters that I found on the rocks at the northern end of Three Mile Beach in Port Douglas were so different from the ones I had seen at Cape Tribulation that I wondered if they were oysters at all. … Continue reading →

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Wild Oysters on the Queensland Coast Part 1

Posted on April 6, 2020 by winderjssc

I have written a lot about the natural variations in oyster shells belonging to the British Native, Flat, or European Oyster, Ostrea edulis Linnaeus. However variable these shells may be, it is always possible to identify the shells as belonging … Continue reading →

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Ligament Scars in Flat Oyster Shells – Image Gallery 02

Posted on March 31, 2019 by winderjssc

Ligament Scars in Flat Oyster Shells – Image Gallery 02 – photographs of variations in ligament scars showing growth lines in right and left valves of modern/recent Ostrea edulis oyster shells found washed up on the beach in Gower, South … Continue reading →

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Ligament Scars in Flat Oyster Shells – Image Gallery 01

Posted on March 18, 2019 by winderjssc

Ligament Scars in Flat Oyster Shells – Image Gallery 01 – photographs of variations in ligament scars showing growth lines in right and left valves of modern/recent Ostrea edulis oyster shells found washed up on the beach in Gower, South … Continue reading →

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Ligament scar variations in right valves of Ostrea edulis oyster shells 004

Posted on March 13, 2019 by winderjssc
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Ligament scar variations in right valves of Ostrea edulis oyster shells 003

Posted on March 12, 2019 by winderjssc
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Ligament scar variations in left valves of Ostrea edulis oyster shells 002

Posted on March 11, 2019 by winderjssc
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Ligament scar variations in left valves of Ostrea edulis oyster shells 001

Posted on March 10, 2019 by winderjssc
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Flat Oyster shells at Rhossili Bay

Posted on February 13, 2018 by winderjssc

A gallery of pictures of European Flat Oyster shells (Ostrea edulis Linnaeus) washed up on the sandy beach at Rhossili Bay in South Wales on 2nd February 2018. Photographed just as they were found, they are all separated left and … Continue reading →

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Flat Oyster Shells at Swansea Bay

Posted on February 11, 2018 by winderjssc

A gallery of pictures of European Flat Oyster shells (Ostrea edulis Linnaeus) washed up on the sandy beach at Swansea Bay in South Wales on 1st February 2018. Photographed just as they were found, they are all separated left and … Continue reading →

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