Do we have scallops around Oahu?

[MilitantMedic]

Found something that kooks quite a bit like a scallop, about 3"-4" wide and quite thin. Small "fingers" on the lip of the shell. Sand brown in colour with a "hairy" apparence.

Anyone know?

 

[justleesa]

I've seen them at.....let me see...

...it was either Safeway or Daiei ....hee, hee....couldn't help messin' with ya.

Sorry, can't say I have ever seen scallops here...but I don't know everything. Some one might show up and know if or if not.

 

[MilitantMedic]

what!? the almighty justleesa defaces her throne?!!?!? Never!

 

[justleesa]

 

[sliden]

Found something that kooks quite a bit like a scallop, about 3"-4" wide and quite thin. Small "fingers" on the lip of the shell. Sand brown in colour with a "hairy" apparence.

Anyone know?

Hi!
Yes scallops do exist in Hawaiian waters but is a rare find. A few oysters may be mistaken for them, especially the hairy kind

Where did you see it?

 

[MilitantMedic]

I've seen a fair amount, this one was (is) at the north end of Yokohama just south of Kaena Point. It's a mile swim unless you have a boat....and no I don't have a boat. There is a reef in 20'-7' of water. I don't believe it has a name so I call it Pig's Reef. PM if you want the exact location.

 

[Cacia]

Those hairy things could be the byssal threads found on the ever-ellusive Judd's Scallop . Does it move when you disturb it? (oh NO, you aren't going to eat it, are you?)

I guess that would be ok...

 

[MilitantMedic]

Yeah it locks up if you touch it.

 

[rgbmatt]

It's probably a young pearl oyster - they look exactly like what you've described.

We do have several species of scallop, but they're all very small and live in deep water sand patches.

 

[Wildcard]

Can't take em here. Too bad!