Zwerven over de Noordzee

Aboard motor vessel Neptune Frank de Graaf and Floris Bennema took part in the Oceana North Sea Expedition from 16 until 28 August, 2016. Bottom samples were taken from the Dutch part of the North Sea Continental Shelf. The malacological results are presented here. Remarkable findings were living Simnia patula (Pennant, 1777) and some fresh, single valves of Parvicardium pinnulatum (Conrad, 1831). The latter species has never been reported alive from The Netherlands, but might live here. A brightly coloured fish, Labrus mixtus (Linnaeus, 1758), was spotted for the first time in the area explored.