Keywords: FMIB 47567 Nassa obsoleta (the little black winkle of the tide flats) devouring a scallop These little scavengers swarm over the scallop.jpeg check categories 17 September 2015 3 Nassa obsoleta the little black winkle of the tide flats devouring a scallop These little scavengers swarm over the scallop Occasionally one is active enough to get between the valves forming a wedge which permits the entrance of others which quickly consume the scallop Owing to the alertness of the scallop and its different habitat Nassa usually being found on the tide flats little damage is done Subject Scallops--Predators of Nassa obsoleta Tag Shellfish 1910 00 Cite book Report upon the Scallop Fishery of Massachusetts Massachusetts Commissioners on Fisheries and Game Boston MA Wright Potter Printing Co 1910 Fig 94 State of Massachusetts Fish and Game Commission PD-UWASH-FMIB Institution University of Washington FMIB-source accession number 47567 Images from the Freshwater and Marine Image Bank to check State of Massachusetts Fish and Game Commission Nassarius obsoletus Shellfish |