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2024-11-21 22:58:35

Dr. Dan Killam on Nostr: The largest clams that ever lived were inoceramids, including genera like ...

The largest clams that ever lived were inoceramids, including genera like Platyceramus and Inoceramus. Some reached 1 m in size, and some specimens have been found near 2 m! These huge flat bois lived like giant snowshoes on the bottoms of Cretaceous shallow seas. The modern giant clams probably weigh more than the inoceramids, reaching 1 m size and exceeding 200 kg! Their cheat code to get so large is the help of symbiotic algae in their flesh. We don't know how inoceramids did it!
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