Like oysters and mussels, the scallops we eat and love are bivalve mollusks, and are actually adductor muscles, joining together both halves of the sea creatures' shells and allowing them to literally ...

In Botticelli’s famed painting “The Birth of Venus,” the goddess of love can be seen emerging from a giant scallop shell. Scallops, a feast for the eyes, also are a feast for seafood lovers. Sweet and ...