Barnacle, Bivalve, What is It???...

[TetoCCB]

Pulled this rock out of the sump to prop Chowda on...

And discovered this...

 

[reef lover]

Yup the backside of a bivalve....

 

[TetoCCB]

Better picture... It is attached to the rock in this position...

 

[reef lover]

Still.think its the botton hinge of a bi valve...watch the slit on the other side and see if it opens.

 

[TetoCCB]

Still.think its the botton hinge of a bi valve...watch the slit on the other side and see if it opens.

Anything more specific?... I haven’t found any images of it on the web (hitchhiker is websites, etc)...

There’s not much to see on the other side, but I did sneak up on it with a flashlight after lights out, last night, and saw it react to the light... the whole thing moved, quickly, towards the rock...

I’m wondering about its care and whether it should go back to the sump or if it’s ok where it is...

 

[reef lover]

They filter feed and mostly die off but i have one alive for 3 years now. When you feed your fish and corals your feeding him too.

 

[TetoCCB]

They filter feed and mostly die off but i have one alive for 3 years now. When you feed your fish and corals your feeding him too.

Good information... Thank you...

 

[reef lover]

Heres a pic of mine.

 

[TetoCCB]

Heres a pic of mine.

Kewl... Encrusted with coralline algae?...

 

[reef lover]

Yup...

 

[kirstyflash]

This is Mammoth, our giant trochus...with a bivalve on a bivalve and several slipper limpets too.

 

[reef lover]

Nice!!

 

[TetoCCB]

 

[TetoCCB]

Found these images online... The underside and the fringe look like it may be a match, but Arciidae appears to be a family of moths...