Phil..c wrote:

> Vilco with respect :
>
> You may be in part wrong. Depends what scallop species you are talking
> about .
> Be advised that MOST species of scallops actually do have sexes
> and only some show signs of being hermaphrodites .

I'm talking about the ones I find here in Italy, dunno about others apart
from this ones, and this is not from crapopedia:

http://rammarinestation.com/scallop.html

> As it appears the thread is talking about Northern Hemisphere species
>
> please have a look at
> http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/j...TRY=1&SRETRY=0
>
> Then do your own research .
>
> But to assist you and also perhaps inform the group
> when looking at scallops have a look at the colour of the Gonads
> In basic Terms RED for females white for males certainly in
> the Giant Sea Scallop (Placopecten magellicanus)

I've never seen a scallop with a white coral, but nice to know there are
many varieties, thanks.
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