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Description: | This large scallop is found throughout European waters. It normally lives buried in fine sand, but it can also swim. It is a very popular seafood, and is fished commercially throughout its range. The shell of this species is also a religious emblem of the catholic Saint James. In previous centuries pilgrims to his shrine at Santiago de Compostela in Spain wore a scallop shell as a sign of their pilgrimage. This led to it's current common name. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | beyond the North East animals natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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