This fan mussel, Atrina fragilis, was caught accidentally in 54 fathoms of water off the south-east coast of Sark in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands, Great Britain on 30 January 2007. It has a shell length of 23.0 cm and a maximum shell width of 12.83 cm. The live animal was measured with the valves closed. The thickness of the two shells or valves is 5.04 cm. The whole animal drained of water weighs 293 grams. Keelworms and two colonies of dead-man's fingers, Alcyonium digitatum, grow on one of the valves. It was returned to the sea alive.
File No. 300107 5874
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fishinfo@guernsey.net

This fan mussel, Atrina fragilis, was caught accidentally in 54 fathoms of water off the south-east coast of Sark in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands, Great Britain on 30 January 2007. It has a shell length of 23.0 cm and a maximum shell width of 12.83 cm. The live animal was measured with the valves closed. The thickness of the two shells or valves is 5.04 cm. The whole animal drained of water weighs 293 grams. Keelworms and two colonies of dead-man's fingers, Alcyonium digitatum, grow on one of the valves. It was returned to the sea alive.
File No. 300107 5874
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
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