Oyster Spat?

[Lone Hunter]

I've probably looked at thousands of oysters and have seen them attached to each other but can't recall seeing any at this stage assuming that's what it is. While researching came across a new term, oyster splat, the name given to free floating larvea after they reach the stage of landing and attaching to something.  Given this looks like a tiny transparent oyster would this be splat?  Would different species attach to each other?  Can't recall ever seeing that either.  It must have been a long hard day for the person assigned the task of naming them splat.

[Al Dente]

9 minutes ago, Lone Hunter said:

While researching came across a new term, oyster splat

You added an “L”. It is oyster spat. Your fossil does look like a young oyster attached to the shell.

Edited March 1, 2022 by Al Dente

[Lone Hunter]

Lol your right,  and spat sounds so much better than splat. 

[Mark Kmiecik]

1 hour ago, Lone Hunter said:

Lol your right,  and spat sounds so much better than splat. 

 

I don't know. The way that one is attached it looks more like "splat". 

Edited March 1, 2022 by Mark Kmiecik
fix typo

[Lone Hunter]

I think someone spat and it went splat and looked like that.      Yes it looks looks like a paint splat / rubber oyster splat probably why I used that term.

[FranzBernhard]

This one isn´t that small, but yes, its spat.

 

6 hours ago, Lone Hunter said:

Would different species attach to each other?

Osters virtually attach to everything, also (floating?) wood. More important is stability of the base object. Otherwise, the spat would die rapidly.

 

Franz Bernhard