scallop shells
Ridged marine casings
Scallop shells are the fan-shaped, ribbed shells of scallop mollusks, distinguished by their radiating ridges and symmetrical form.
They've become iconic beyond the seafood itself—as the symbol of Shell Oil, as pilgrimage badges on the Camino de Santiago, and as decorative motifs in art and architecture.
Cooks use them as natural serving dishes: scallops served in their shells.
- seashellsEmpty mollusk exoskeletons
- bivalveTwo-shelled mollusk
- molluskSoft-bodied invertebrate, often shelled
- sea creatureOcean-inhabiting organism
- beachSandy waterside margin
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