Jekyll Island - #WildlifeWednesday: Rigid pen shells are also called stiff pen shells. The insides of these fan-shaped shells are smooth and shiny, like mother-of-pearl, while the outside is covered with rough
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Atrina rigida (John Lightfoot, 1786) Stiff Penshell And Symbiont
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Stiff Pen Shell (Atrina rigida)
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Common Shells of Honeymoon Island State Park
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i Love Learning About Pen Shell Pearls
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What's causing the massive death of the nobel pen shell?
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Bailey Matthews National Shell Museum
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Decorator Crab Smithsonian Ocean
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Atrina rigida (Lightfoot, 1786) - Stiff pen shell (Marine bivalve images)
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Common Shells of Honeymoon Island State Park Nature Center