Atlantic Calico Scallop
Argopecten gibbus
A fan-shaped scallop mottled in rose, maroon and cream, the most colourful common bivalve on many Florida beaches.
- Typical size
- 1–2.5 in
- How often it turns up
- Very common
- Collecting
- Usually legal to collect
- Handling
- Safe to handle
Empty valves are fine to collect. Live bay scallop harvest is separately regulated by season and zone.
How to tell it apart
- Even radiating ribs and small hinge ears
- Mottled calico colours, no two alike
- Strongly convex lower valve
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