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Oyster shell
Crassostrea gigas
51.5558, 0.649867
Field Notes
Description:
The word oyster is used as a common name for a number of distinct groups of bivalve molluscs which live in marine or brackish habitats. The valves are highly calcified.
Some kinds of oyster are commonly consumed, cooked or raw, by humans. Other kinds, such as pearl oysters, are not. These are considered an aphrodisiac.
Notes:
Empty shell on Leigh-on-Sea beach.
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Oyster
Species ID Suggestions
Ostrea
1
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedNovember 19, 2011
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