The Ravenel Scallop
The Ravenel Scallop, Euvola raveneli (Dall, 1898) is one of the most elusive among the local Scallop species. It is certainly the rarest of all shallow-water Scallop species occurring in Southwest Florida (excluding the Lions Paw, Nodipecten nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758), which lives in slightly deeper water). The Ravenel Scallop can be readily distinguished from the similar and relatively more common Ziczac Scallop, Euvola ziczac (Linnaeus, 1758), by the "split" or "double" radia