We took an underwater photography trip to the Philippines in December 2016.
Bivalves
Fluted oyster, Pycnodonta hyotis
Fan-shell scallop, Atrina pectinata
The endangered giant clam is the largest living bivavle mollusc. Thye live in flat coral sand or broken coral.
Giant clam, Tridacna gigas
Pedum spondyloideum
electric file clam, Ctenoides ales
Snails
Cowries are marine gastropod molluscs (sea snails), most shaped more or less like an egg with a flat underside.
Tiger cowrie, Cypraea tigris
spindle cowrie, Aclyvolva sp.
Egg cowries, Ovula ovum
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