American Piddock - Hoylake - March 2014

[SteveMcBill]

American Piddock - Hoylake - March 2014:

An American Piddock (Petricola pholadiformis) shell (both valves attached, was found on Hoylake Beach - just to the west of the old Toilet Block, yesterday (17th March 2014).

http://www.marlin.ac.uk/speciesinformation.php?speciesID=4077

Steve

[rogerwilkinson]

American Piddock - 14 April 2015 - East Hoyle Bank, Hoylake

I found an American Piddock (Petricola pholadiformis) on East Hoyle Bank on 14 April this year (2015) - tightly closed - brought it home and didn't realise until it started smelling that it must had a live animal inside - opened it up to find a dead one! Wondered if it was a strange cockle that had developed asymmetrically and only just got round to identifying it using the Internet.

Roger Wilkinson

[SteveMcBill]

Nice find Roger - any chance you could put the record into RODIS please ??? If you would rather me put it in for you then just let me have teh Grid Ref and I will do so.

Cheers.

Steve

[rogerwilkinson]

I have just added two photos. Would be pleased if you could add to RODIS for me. It was between the new lifeboat station and the offshore windmills - from map would say somewhere around SJ210915.

[SteveMcBill]

Many thanks Roger - excellent photos - thanks for those. I will get it into RODIS asap.

Cheers.
Steve

[SteveMcBill]

Done !!! -

Steve