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Description: | Gryphaea bilobata is related to the modern oyster. The two shells of this fossil have very different shapes. The larger shell is curved, and quite thick. The smaller shell is flat. In the early part of its life, this shellfish would have attached itself to the seabed or some other hard surface. Gryphea bilobata would have spent its adult life living unattached on the sea floor, partly buried in the sand or mud. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | fossils natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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